Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-08-22
From The Ohio Ancrican.
The Virginia Outrage-Case ofpaniel
Partridge.

Mn RIcE:- Ga Monday evening. July 2S,h. ,S15
i was Introduced 10 DANIEL PARTRIDGE, by a ,r,end
residing at Elyiia, Lorain county, Ohio. D9niel
who Is now more :ban SIXTY years of aye. and who has
been a slave IN Virginia, since his birth. was ,mooo
The SIX slaves, claimed by John Howard of Wood c.,
Va, who tried tn escape on The Oh ut.
Joseph komaine, a Baptist minister residing on
ashinglon Bottom, Wood county, in The peinhborho,d
81 the slaves OF Howard, and who frequently labored
with them by the day for said Howard, begun. las Dan.
>ei says@"a year ago last corn plantIns.nt rersnade
ihem To escape from slavery; and thus avoId the al
most certain late of heIng sold down the river.
Notwithstanding Romano was in almost daily in.
t'rcourse with the slaves, yet he could not draw from
them a declaration that they wished To be free. ill he
assured them that he had secured for them the sympa
tines and assistance II a number of true An 10, rr,ccx
ISIS, on the Ohio side Of The river. Not satisfied vuh
this even, they did rot in The least give in IN he noa
sures TIL they had been piled by him for nearly 8
~'"elVe'mon'h. Athrst he proposed to bring sbou, an
interview between The slaves and AboIuIocis,s i,
some sequestered spot on Towards plant,t,on . ;
the river; not being able to persuade any one
from me ONO side 10 come over, he was obi.
@ed 10 give up the idea Of enfrappins the friends Of
the slaves on the Virginia side of The Ohio No, die
couraged by these untoward circumstances be becon
a9ain TO work upon the fears of The slaves or U,va,d
Every sale OF a slave down The river v,s ,nado
known 10 towards slaves, with the most nainfnl mi.
nuleness' After he had alarmed them Aims, IN fro,
~, he proposed TO Daniel Partridge and F,eder;cL
Gay, Inc husband OF Hannah Cav, and fa,ber of Ma'
ny Gay. about fourteen years ole, of Harriet Cav.
ABOUT hve years old, and OF Burnett Cav. ahou, ,htee
years DID, to cross IN a skIff to the Ohio side, 10 a mar
tcu'a' out'otlhe' way place, designated bv said Ro.
maine, where they might hold a conference with ,bo,
ONO friends, in relation tu their desired escane from
bondage. 'Pe "o"
Ai'er the slaves gave their consent To this m,ve.
'neni, Romalne went to he Ohio side and epoaoed ,wo
nien To meet them between a small creek and nm did
neglected stone quarry, where the river hank was
sleep, and screened by a thick wood belwixt The ropd
end river. 'O"'
me arrangements now made on The Ohm side ollie
reverence" returned TO inform Daniel and Frederick
where they cnight sec their Ohio friends that ever,nI
AS no boats or skiffs are suffered TO remain m Tho w..
gina side at night without being locked to same s,rooo
posi-, or other fastening, Roma inc engaaed ,o nroonre
Tor tne slaves the means Of crossing over at The annoio.
'u hour' This he did, and the two slaves had = n ~
,erVlew win their friends unmoIesied. The nov, d.,
ho'naIne called on them early to know how ,bev ILL.,
tne ONO Aoolltionists. Very well, they said. vel ,hev
co mol ieel willing to put themselves under the;r =
lection, I'LL they had seen some others, willing 70 b pE
them also. mug ~ heiP
10 satisfy The slaves, and IuIl the men nc n -.
feoun'y' nomaioe SO arranged matters on both sides
'na' sno'her conference was held at tho old t,yo,;on
''' ""e" "eooesosy night, July