Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-23

Iha. el,vp-fr1ler fnadn hlq annpAT1nCb az
,bo oId ho,oo.,naJ amd ono ,nsr anotber as
snid Of and Thomas soon learnt that he al
80 ,.,s ,Lon, 20 ha soId 10 the trader. 81
iii -, IL, vs,id Le u,hat had agreed
with old moster for nv freedom. and had
no;d him r,u- Lrrdrsd dollars towards it,
| John said he knev nothing about that, and
,vb,t vac noro no cared nothing about it, if
il was so--brt he must he sold, and there
was an end of it.
An his lone cherished homes of freedom
were Tins in a moment blasted, and what
was probablv worse. he was to be forever Sc
nar,ted from his wife and children, driven to
the Southern slaye-shambles, and consigned
to the cruelties of the cotton or sugar planta-
tons. This appalling prospect determined
him to face the hardly less appalling alternd-
tive of fight. His wife. who was free, and
two children, he induced a cousin to accom-
pany and assist as far as Buffalo, on their
way to Canada, whittier he was to follow by
another route as soon as he could. 81 start
ed" said he, 'from the old plantation, the
latter part of July, with my knaPsack Of
clothes and provisions strapped 10 my back,
and took the road for Ohio, travelling IN the
night, and hiding in the woods or swamps
in the daytime on the morning of the third
DAY, Just at dawn, and as | was about TO quit
the road for the swamp, | heard the tramp of
a horse close behind me, turned nv head
and saw at once it was master John at the
same moment he halloet to me to stop, |
did not answer. but ran. He started his
horse and said, damn YOU, if YOU don't stop,
I'll shoot vou.' He had spurred so hard he
could not stop his horse when he came up to
me, but passed or, and before he could turn
hack | had jumped the fence, and with all
speed | ran for the swamp. lie soon follow
ed, and had nearly reached me when he came
upon softer ground. and his horse mired so
that he could not reach me. He then fired a
pistol and wounded me severely IN the right
dhN''. l 'eI' FORWARD upon my hdnuS' Ieit
very 'alh., ana my eyes gre" u'm' OUT M
,nonne"' ','s passed oH' ! rose upon my Iee''
n"SLIy unoucH'eu anu 'nIeN On my Nnap-
SI'N' '"n 'oi ''1 swamp "H'" SoVn 'rd u
'u' dnu plunge INV d ,""@'e1 SOW y o'I
as ""'Ie ~ 'ou'u s'"ISI'y 'o'o"'
nn"ue my way u'iouen 'I "eila s i /" wv
81" game upon d S"'"ll s"e"", Vi WAFER
VIM" PIi.'u ''e ! . as ~ ie"'e
enough, ny s'ooplhg anu uouRIng' TO pass oe-
wen .'enI' ! Ndueu !" 'ul1 lIl'e itte' i"I
NV '"'ousn ne '""nP, "nu ,"duo . "
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Co., y mu chin. bonn nnt = handama
r,on, NV chr, anyJ hnnnd !, mn nc wall asI
couId. For the next three DAYS I had not a
mouthf,l to eat: nor could | have swallow.
ed il i'll had ; | was so broken down by fear
and troublp."
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The wandeTIngs OF lhe last OF the S'uarls
through the wIlds OF scotland upon his
hight from the htld oil IuIIodcn, MS halT-
breadth escapes. the snilerlngs ne endured
and the manly iortI'nde with which he en-
counteTed those severe trials, nave been said
and sung the world over and enlisted the
worlds sympathy ana admiration And yet
the dangers which CharleS EDWARD oraved,
and the suiieTlngs he endured. we venture
to think were less than those which this poor
ignorant negro encountered. Every man,
woman, and child, among whom the former
sought refuge, were Intent, at every sacrifice,
10 snccour and save him from the tangs OF
the soIdlery who hunted him. Every man,
woman and child IN the slave States are
bent upon arres'Ing the fugitive slave, and
, none may aid or succor.
How Jonathan Thomas contrived to elude
= his puTSuers, and for eleven weeks drag his
weary way, crippled as he was through
kentucky, virginia and Maryland, TO baltl-
more, where fortune favored him. Is more
han we can conceive. Nor IS 1t well yet to
divnlge the ways and help which sometimes
5 avail with a stout heart and determined reso-
! luton, 10 free a slave from American bond
:, age;