The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-13
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IsssFss Isn,rt,gss bHef, as goiis
I are aware. spending tho last three days
Z s,pon one ofihe large Rice Plantations To-
/ bS found along the coastof South Caro-
s lima; where, us have ever been toId ssrnS
In yolf own State, that slavery waasto boz
/. fund IN It's worst form; thai fcrneIty and
oppression, want Of proper food and cloth.
Ing and SHELTER existed any allere, r
should find it among these plantations.
~ oil, have now seen, with my own
eyes, good many of them, and ! propose
4 10 spaak or the Island Of ale ehossee, "* be-.
cause the establishment IL the largest
q Riee.placa that have yet examined, and
q because lsLeliege Il presents II fair and
Impartial view Of Southern slavery.
The Island is situated about thirty miles
SonthWest Of Charleston, inside Of The Ed.
\ isio Island, Il ltcontains about 1890 acres
OF land, 1900 Of which is cultivated, or
Wilt be this yenr, IN rice, and about 500
in corn and poiGtoes. About 200 acres
& are in the lawn and gardens, yards, DC.
\ and sths remainder is woodland or unrc.
claimed swamp. Twenty, years ago near.
q thn whole ot' Il was id the latter condi.
Il s6on, slisa of course the humber Of human
i souls thaf Il would sustnin was very limi.
il fed, assd n9 Individual system Of labnr
could eper!reesaia il OF continue lis cul.
EYaiion. b ! ..sssF ttaiassga
II was nbout3 O'Clock, p. m, Of that
beautiful sunny aud summer.like day, the
25th OF January,. when | landed from the
SS SS steamer Etiwnn,, thai had been ever since
four in the morning, winding her way
3 along the narrow channels, among The
great ,narshes, proper abodes Of allig gators
sstiias Iiar wniing,h The same reclaiming pro-
cesa that has nrade this spot capable Of
supporting "a hos,of happy human beings
& Upon The wharf, aud about the rice:build-
iag mill were some twsntyf or thirty ne.
gross, mostly engaged in loading a vessel
belonging 10 the Place, and'nayigated en-
tirely by slaves, with no white man ,c su.
perintend, direct Or drive them to their 10.
bor Delivering my over. .coat and valsc
INTO the charge Of the first one nj, hand, |
walked on up 70 The house, which / found
very humble cottage, efnbowered in
I eshrubbery, upon one of The tewipoints OF
high land, the highest Of which are only
}I 15 OF 90 feet above tide. n The master
found absent for the day; but I was wei.
coined by his accomplished lady, whc
possesses that true, politeness wi,hou, os,en.
tatior, that makes stranger feel a, home
M once. AT four o'clock I sat down to
dinnerwith The famiiy,sWhich, in the nb.
senceof the master, consisted Of his lady
and an. only daugh,er and her governess;
and these four persons, with the addition
or The. oyerseef and his wife, who live in a
house at some distance, constitute the
Whole white population Of the island, liv.
& ing I'm the midsso sepeas hundred negro
slares. And fora considerable portion
= of f1he year, the ycrseer. and wife are the
oll y Whites. here, as the place is consider.
ss I'd unheallhy foriuny but acclimated, ne.
toas, Tie proprietor retires in the sum;
.yner ID Charlesion. and in only able to re.
sisain an oyerseer BY giving $4,000 a year
wages. Now, how are these t'poor or.
pressed, cruelty treated, miserable slaves
s kept in subjection, and prevented from ''S
blood thirsty ;vra,l,s ,sssl,e