The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-11-20


before half the day was over Another curious fset
Which The abolition Society had foseotten 10 No.
tlce me master Of these slaves never thought Of ~ n
lng his own poul ~, or furnishing his own erss &,
Money % rare Vegetables. bus preferred buu,iq al
49, 'aV'l ~ own ayes " n he not * qtlire
as much az mes raised Trey were ALLOW ed 10 send
them % the markets together with their tte, nro-
auctions ana whichever the master bo,.pbf' nj ma
slaves they took care 70 make hiu pay cash doom and
The highest price. 1870 "'~
hese siovss were all comfortably clad and Io he'd
napiy aug eon.epted Several OF them had idd,es
ana lney would all dance on mof Might e,eo,no--
and then the repeated shouts a. laughter tia, .s,
cnme from The vicinity Of = the hfs, would FIJI he
ar win mirlh, SO much so at times ti,at Geo.g
would say TO his brother John, II is very remsrka-
az .s, 'nese very oaek people, and all slaves, TOO
,'ou'u laugh SO loud and so ong-itsi hear tlat fell
Nv now WIN ms baugh ha--ha- -he-ba
~ --ha-iia How very odd n
WY oncie," sand little nephew OF George
,,'', ' , ,,.' people laugh too r? Not quite q
ne,,s ~ s '',''e oo} ans ~e'ed George 10 fact our
PooPi1 heco mol, they could for some OF them n,
very deep IN the earth digging coal ana q
inc Iron Works. where the noise i tr, , :,
~" ae", J.ee"e" cont laugh unless there & some
.nog 70 laugh about" (" Well then guess. sa,d
laugh about, for boys laugh in ~ a 'nusn 70
laugh IN their huts-liey laugh il The gins a,a,a,,
when 'her work is done and they get al play q nov,
| they do laugh.n y Nv"
NeVieo employed ms Time, as before said during
his visit 10 carefully examining into The whoIe , as
rangement OF his brothers plan aton---and was mar
tcuiarly struck with the comfortable condition ~ III,
old and inhrm, who unable to do any WORK but
who were comfortably clothed and housed and we'll
taken Ken care oi--as much 50 as Il they had worked
When the period OF his departure came, and John.
The planter, was all packd up TO accompany his bro.
| ther Geor.e (the Iron mastery back To England
scene occurred remarkable as it was penetrating
every negro on the plantation had come 10 the house
l. "A ia1C Anf So "A 40
the younger ones and expressions of sine ere yref o
the part OF the older ones, was truly distressing
. Massa so away ober de sea--he no come back fur
long time, and il massa get drow nd, he neber come
oack-O, y, O"-aDd so the lamentation passed
round in the grosp, till the brothers were out Of
sight
T" Well George" says john" that was trying
scene but IL you were TO be present when return.
" would gladden. your heart-for there will be the
same grouping, and such display of ivory and hear
y congratulations Now. if by my departing from
them Tor brief period only they discover so much
griei-what would be the scene were tell them thev
must all leave me and go 10 Africa and never sea me
againi"
George little puzzled for al, answer and con-
hned himself to the usual English expression. chow
very odd AS the brothers proce eded on their our-
ney, 10 related to George many interesting events
and occurrences IN and about the life Of plantation
WIN MS saves--how that for seasons by reason
OF frost and by low state of market, the productions
OF the plantation would not amount 10 enough to buy
Jacket for negro--but this made no difference to
them, they would all get their usual supply. And
when they got old, or infrm, or sickIy, 1t made no
difference TO them on the score of being taken care
oi-there were no asylums, no poor houses--eyery
planter is expected to take of his own paupers
'Still, this is slavery" says George. sIf these ne
groes were only Jieemen, like our workmen in Waes
Il would all be very wel.n ssBut are your workmen
reemen ~ replied johns care they not slapss TO their
commonest acan's-and those wants better sun
Piled by their employers than supply nv negroes
are their hopes OF lettering their condition superior
to those of my negroes Does the parent feel that If
death or nhrmity arrests the power of labor that his
vile and children, unless they are able to work and
earn their wages will be taken care of al YOUR ex-
Pense without going to the hospital or poor house -
George was puzzled again--he began to see little
into the practical philosophy of the questionand shak
ing his head, said, SLOW very oddw
They arrived together at Liverpool and irnmedi-
ately proceeded 10 Georges residence 10 Wales The
old Pstrmoniai Estate of the Evans .uafhve, der
Eiyh, IN the midst OF mines and lorges--it was AL
most new scene to John he had been so long alb
sent, but having become something Of q Yatkec bv
has long residence in America he was yer, curious
and erausinare. The result OF his curiosity and r1-
animation will form the subject Of my next commu-
nlcatiou,