Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-10-14
VOL. Nil. NO. 4.

neI aoout IT'S Slive-She had been cheat
Led and abused long enoHgh-she was
determined now to be free at all hazards.
land nobody need buy her, for she would
not do service. for any OF them MANY
applauded her spirit Ia sentiment pre-
vailed wiIhsthe majority that she was in
tdeed free woman. Few would aid, the
sale however went on, and she was struck
on TO D. W, marshall. But,
she was as good as her word; she made
hei escape and went back TO the estate
where she had been living. She was
4caught, but again she fed, and, after en-
duriag incredible hardships. by the aid OF
several persons who believed. her free.
| she reached Manchester, aud soon after
contrIved 10 get employmentas chamber
maid on board the Steamboat Virago 1--WE
think that is the name. on the lower
Mississippi. She continued here for
ley months until the boat was sold in
New Orleans. when she took passage en-
board boat bound for Cincinnati, where
she arrived about five weeks ago.
An utter stranger in a strange land ; a
prisoner just escaped from forty years,
captivity; robbed. abused, broken heart
ed old woman, bereft of her chiidren. her
rights unacknowledged, ignorant. inexpe-
rienced and almost penniless, with none
to pity or TO counsel her,-ordinary ener-
lgY would have sunk under such elrcum-
stances. q would mt have cared so
9much," said she, in relating TO US her
story !" if there had been none but me.
But my children-they shall not be slaves.
was old, and they could not have abused
me much longer any how-but, mg chill
dlen, asys children, they shaltnot be slaves
/ I'll die first" For forty years she had
Struggled with her fate, and in every way
which her ingenuity could suggest, had.
lshe striven for liberty. Cruel Treatment
| had been her portion during the greatest
part of her bondage. Badly fed. worse
clothed, steadily worked, she had yet at
different times, by extra labor, contrived
to amass small sums, with which she
would employ somebody TO write to va
rious persons in Frederick county, Mary
land, respecting her condition. la one
case, man to whom she had given fifty
dollars to interest himself in the matter,
labsconded. In other casessth presump.
ton is, that through ignorance or dishon-
Z
made. At last, agonized at being separa-
ted from the TWO childrens sYhos had so
long shared with her in the same sad
lvicissiiudes, she resolved at the risk of
| life, to make her escape.
On arriving in Cincinnati, she applied
TO lawyer, who directed her TO oursfesi-
dence. She told the story We have arela-
lied, with energy and pathos Il was hard
10 disbelieyeit. She begged US 10 interest
ourselves for her said sheswas free. and :
was resolved to prove il that she was ge-
ling back again to get her children.out OF
slavery. On being questioned particulars
| ly, she named several persons whom she
! had knownin Friedrich. A member OF
our family. a gentleman who hadeformer-
ily resided in that county, recognizsd the
names al once The case was put into
the hands Of lawyer, who. on hearing
her story, generously volunteered his ser.
j vices in her behalf. The only hope was
that there might be yet living in Fredrick
Those who could indemnity her. Through
ihe efforts of the counsel, small sum
was raised TO pay her passage, and a let
ter by him to lawyer in Frederic rec
.lomnending the case to his care. She
left Cincinnati, and. in three weeks from.
1.-THE time of her departure, was back again
with papers, which must satisfy every
mind of her freedom. She was fortunate
enough to be recognized by two old citi-
zens of the county, who both sreJoiced in
being able to testify to her free birth.
One of the afidayits we copy
" State of Maryland, Frederiek co. to
wit
| BE it remembered, that on toe 28th
day Of April, eighteen hundred and fortyi
1before the subscriber, one Of the Justices
of the Peace for the State of Maryland, IN
and for Frederick county aforesaid, per-
isonally appeared Henry Kaufman, re-
spectable resident of Friedrich county
aforesaid, and made oath on the Holy
Evangelist of Almighty Godtha. be knew
Ia littly girl by the name Of Mary Daniel,
Iwho resided short time IN Inc ianliy Of
Mr.. George Adams Ebert, upwards oil
lforty years ago; that after she sen Mr.
Ebert. she resided IN the family OF rar.s
/ Christian Stoner. about two years; from
That ting he had never seen or heard OF
her mil within the last few days, when
woman bearing the name Of Mrs. Mary
Morris, made her appearance in this city.
making inquiry relative to her parents
in the person of this Mrs. Mary Morris,
| who represented herself as residing at this
time in Carroll county. in the state Of
Mississippi. he recognizes Mary Daniel,
who formerly resided in this place up
wards Of forty years ago, he further de-
moses and saith that he knew the father
and mo,hsr of Mary Daniel. now Mary
Morris; that her mother was white
woman of English extract. and that her