Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-11-05
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Tour among the COlOred Refugees in
Canada West;
BY ED. CYRUS PRINDLE.
Continued.
Worcester, Oct. 80, 1916.

located upon the river Thames, at the head of naviga
ton, some fifty miles from Detroit. Here are about
$50 or 200 colored inhabitants, the greater part of
whom are from the slave States and have had the yoke
upon them. Among this number, are those who are
well informed, and in comfortable temporal circum-
stances. The principal real estate however that is
owned by the refugees, consists of village lots, which
are of considerable value. This is place of peculiar
advantages for prosperous business village, but
wants yankee enterprise and New England habits to
give to it its merited importance. One Of the great
est draw backs to the prosperity of the inhabitants Of
Canada West is the very general habit of using in
toxcating drinks. The temperance cause is among
them, about where it was with us, some twenty-five
or thirty years ago AS might be expected, this great
evil exerts its influence upon the colored as well as
the white population; but was much grafed to learn
that in this village, where every shop, store and
hotel you will find written, in inviting capitals, Lii
censed to sell Wines and other Spirituous Liquors."
but few of the colored friends the habit of using
these posons. Indeed, from all could learn from
gentlemen of the first responsibility, the coored peo-
pie as Glass; are much more free from habits of in
temperance than others are Here are three religious
. coored congregations, African Methodist Episcopal
Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
We have often heard of the cruel maimings, by
shooting those who made the attempt to fee from the
sufferngs of slavery; but had never seen one of
these victims of this heathenism until became ac-
quainted with Isaac Malone, of this place. He came
- from Murray County Tennessee; and few years
" since, he started for freedom or DEATH He was hoty
pursued by three men, and so badly shot, that he
expected himself to die, from the exhaustion of blood
But though there three against one, he fought
his way through, and crawed away as he supposed
to die; but after washing his wounds, and binding
them up in the best way he could he began to revive
- and with courage which rose above his suffering
made his way to the north and finally landed in Can
> ada Since his arrival Dr. Robinson of Chatham, ha
%" taken two slugs or buck shot from his body and h
still has two others in him that at times subject hin
=" to considerable inconvenience. l saw one of thes
~ slavery arguments and begged that might bring
TO the East, that might make exhibit of it to oil
pro-slavery politicians ard mini sters; but his wife he
it in charge, as a memorial of the past and would col
~ sent on no terms to part with it. Comments upc
such case as this, it would seem are uncalled for
uleJ arc Ill import. CONFESS 10
kind of horror come over me to look upon this roug
instrument of torture, and remember it was drive
'Du into the living flesh of MAN because he acted upc
YER the acknowledged principle of the declaration of
en- nercan Independence.
In this place, found Rev. Nero Harding and
e' wife, year since from Missouri; they left an on
TO child son. in slavery and the mother said to me-
appeared to her that she had letta part Of her heart
nch the SOUTH The son is slave in Tennessee, and
,oir longs to DR.. Hancock of Perry County If the
fey has any of the feelings of in him. he will Sc
not this son to the bercaved father and MOTHER and
no'' them bring him up a and child Harding "
wv a licensed preacher in the NJ E. Church while in
able South, and has been real tenerant, though not
ton virtue of his ministerial character but in virtue of
cry chatteized relation. He was born in Georgia
ton, lnoFeu " AeeSsee"ei iIoi lheioe u -AIdo"''
i at went back to Tennessee again. because his mas
flee, shot white man and had to flee. His master di
and he was then sent to Missouri, where he remair
g. for the four last years before he came North
The manner in which he and his wife left the state
lcoo Missouri was rather novel, but better than
way They we're loaded into common OK wag
IT, and laid down fiat upon the bottom and covered
with straw and boy sent to drive the oxen over
Ferry into Illinois, But the live stock being of
the large class and the oxen SMALL when rising from
oni" river, the hill being quite steep, the team got stu
h'le and Harding says for short tme he could hear
nv heart beat so alarmed was he in expectation of
i0'0' lection. But provdentally another yoke of o.
and were obtained Immediately, and the wagon began
RI l. Al
the soon found friends, and got passage on the unt
Dear ground railroad and brought to his pres
and location. Having spent several days in visiting Fl
house to house in Chatham, concluded to return
IS OF Detroit and spend the Sabbath and make obseva
Dan among the coored people of this young city. H
as in most other places, found congregation
w. Baptists, and African Methodist Epscopals | att
nt ded Church with the former in the morning, the la
in the afternoon. 1t is estimated that there are
six hundred toa thousand of the colored people in
place, and many of them are intelligent, and pros
rs of GUS in their conditions. Indeed was informed
until within few years past there had been a most m
fodu- fest advance in the condition of the coored popuat
ghty in every respect and that they were commanding
the lie respect of the good fruits of these chan
The sermon heard in the Baptist congregation in
gorge morning was we'll adapted to the occasion and
arranged. the poor slave was affectionately rem
Gorge bered. In the afternoon in the Mobodst coro,
ap- ton, we had what Rowland Hill would have call
eace slap dash Sermon in which slavery raked fore
read aft, as well as the Kings English. Still there
Eng some good ponts in the discourse and felt ola
cned listen to the home thrust appeals of the honest
ntted speaker. The African has all the elements of
ma quence in large degree and give him education
said: he will not be whit behind the chiefest.
proc Yours &C., C. PRINDL
S; but Keeseyie, N. Y, Oct 2sth, 1876,
ertan