Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-09-20
From the Western Citi.en.
National Man Market,

To THE EDITOR OF THE CITIzEE-SIR:-Whl
soourning in this city of cruelty andblood, where
men and women buy and sell and whip men and
women, as the OK or the ass is bought and sod
and whipped, under the solemn ssnotlon OF laws
enacted by the American peoples. i has often fall
len to my'lot to witness the .heas ASaking scenes
which are inseparable from the System Of Ameri-
can Slavery 1t may be said that some Of your
readers will remember to have heard me relate,
among others, the story of poor George.
In eighteen hundred and - Mr. -- was
by the laws have referred to, the absolute owner
Of George, who was created in the image of God
In physical structure he was strong man, about
% years Of age-a man Of great industry, exem-
plary department, and inAexbc integrity. George
was aiCbristan! He had wife and six children
whom he greatly loved, but he and they were
slaves?
Mr.. -- was one of those men who are COM
monty called ''kind masters" But from habits Of
Incidence his foltune had gone to wreck, s. he be-
came greatly in debt. George he'd the segacity to
discover the fact and he was filled With alarm.
! He knew how the man dealer raised nnney, for he
had often witnessed the cruel results of the pro-
cess. He went TO his master and disclosed to him
his fears; and upon his knees he impIored that he
might spare him the fate which the black man sc
much breads, and which is the slaughter house OF
his race-the cotton fields of the South. His mas
ter though moved by his entreaty, was compelled
to inform him that the deed was already done, the
the sale already made, and that he was now the
property of another.
George was fully prepared to comprehend thu
overwhelming import Of his wretched condition
which now flashed upon his mind crushing the
man and his hopes forevcr With a bleeding
heart and broken spirit he slowly turned towards
his hut to convey to the wife of his bosom thu
dreadful intelligence of the approaching separa
ton. 1t was dark when poor George reached tn
door of his cabn-No white man was there It
console him, or record the agony Of the scene.
When the day arrived for the delivery of hi
helpless chatlel' to his new owner, Mr.. -
E heart was not hard enough to complete in pcr5o
this commercial transaction George was sent
the pump for water, as had been previously cou
J certed, where he was pounced upon, irONd; an
dragged to the jail the noted Roby, who the
held and perhaps still holds ap~i'ccIsc ,hAAer th
sanction Of the of the United States, to Nwftlc i
men and women Georges grofbocam so grea
as to find utterance in groans which disturbed ~
repose Of Fenwick the keeper, who with the ana
) his cowhde for time siIcnced his victim. SubSt
ouently, however, the means and sobs Of TIL
wretched man, provoked the rage of his demo
keeper, who resorted to that instrument OF torture
The thumb screlvS. These he applied with such sc
verify that Georges arms were swollen to TWic
their natural size, while this helhound boosted {
his nhuman act. When | last saw poor Georg
he was unable from this last torture, ooIth e'the
hand, to raise a cup Of water to his Ups
Now don't let your sympathy carry you too ia
c gentle reader for neither wing nor domocr,
Who should go for the repeal of these laws, con
be elected to Congress-besdes, many think tn
though such cases as that of George, may be rot
or hard to bear, Sin the abstract, yet it is very III
Q constitutional to repeal the laws which sanct'
them.
Your representative, too, is "a law abiding mar
; you know, besides being right on the tarlii; al
= and strong for Polk.