Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-10-24

females in the mount,ins wasa ioyful sight, |
and hailed with much delight, Soon after,
Sambo, with his two comnanions. made a |
descent into North Carolina. hung about the |
plantations, and at length returned with four
horses, well ladencd. three females, and one |
young man, who had Joined them. On his
way, Sambo had visited a small band Of In
dams, entered into a friendly connection
with them, and they agreed 10 take such
furs and game as he had to spare, and TO
! carry them to market among the whites.-
The plantation being now so happily com
| menced, all agreed that Sambo should be
king, and that the laws should be respected
by. all. His first law was, s'ODe Ders9n
yhaH not in,uys another, buI 1eh sh1n lore
| his neighJor. 2d. Jhe life. Hberty, and
property If eolored persons is sacred, and no
man may hold them a, sLapes. 81. While
/ men, bought Of the Indians. or seized in the
| otU country mau, then nnd heir children. be
held ns slaves" In a few weeks the horses
| were taken to the Indians. and EXCLAIMED
| for four whites. who were. according to law,
held as slaves, and forbidden to D ISIS certain
boundaries under death. All things now
went on pleasantly in the colony-lands
were cleared, and various productions raised,
while the forest furnished abundance. 0c-
casionally some of the party stole down into
the settlements, seized what they wanted,
and brought back some of their own color
for settlers, or white children for slaves
Thus their society gradually increased, and
| those who had been slaves tlsted the sweets
| Of liberty. Sambo now dashed for a wife.
and after a few weeks returned from Virgin
ia with a young lady, the daughter of a
| planter, who was recornized as queen by the
| colony. The next year an event occurred
which produced great excitement among the
Carolinians. A young clergyman, with his
wife were visiting in one of the middle coun-
ties of the State, when they suddenly disap-
peared, and no trace Of them could be found.
| Sambo had seized the IN and carried them to
the mountains. The law was read, and he
was required to conform strictly to it. This
was a hard SAYING, but what could he replyi
! He had always maintained that .~.slavery
was not a moral eyil-that it was clearly
sanctioned in the Bible-that good men
might, under the sanction of law compel
their poor neighbors to labor for their bane-
fit, and th1t servants are bound to obey their
masters in all things And so thoroughly
was he confirmed in these sentiments, that
he had purchased a gang of slaves and
carried his sentiments into practice.-
Why, then, should he not be a slave to
Sambo and quietly submit to the estab-
lished lawl A hard question. Why
should not Bible institutions be kept up
among the mountains as well as on the low
landsl Why should not he be constrained
to serve master Sambo. even as Sambo's
brethren were compelled to labor on his plan
tation, Revolving such questions in his mind
he and his wife retired to the cabin assign
ed them. How much rest they got | know
not, but one thing is certain, they were fully
convinced that the state of slavery is not a
very pleasant state for the slave. The morn
ing came, and the slaves were called up and
their tasks assigned them. This was a new
position for Mr.. Fuller and his wife to occu-
py. He ventured to demonstrate; but Sam
BIO answered, nv father was stolen, and you,
knowing the fact, purchased him-my mo-
Their and sisters are laboring on your plan
tation under the power of a brutal driver,
exposed to all the evils of the system of sla-
very, which you have always justified, and
said it was sanctioned by your Bible. TO
to your task and see that you are not an eve
servant. Such day Mr.. Fuller and his wife
had never seen! Weary and sad they re-
turned 10 their cabin to ponder and weep
The next morning Sambo addressing them,
said, you have for one day seen what field
service is; now | appoint YOU, Mr., Fuller,
chaplain and teacher of our settlement, and
your wife | assign as house servant to the
queen; and | expect you will both show all
good fidelity in your respective stations.
Under Samho's government there were no
~fatters, whips or tortures. All were COM
fortably fed and clothed. Improvements
were extendel, domestic animals introduced,
and there was much harmony there; but sla-
very was there also;-in its mildest form in