Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-15
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Ndnappen in Clearfi,ld County, Pa,
CLrAnrrr1p Co, Feb. Ia. IasI

,ff 4.f, ~ .CLEAhFIkhp 20, FEB. 10. 1851.
NJ FnrKNp GoRpoN: thought il might be
Interesting to the ffieuds of freedom who
read yonr puper, to hear how bold The kid
napPers are 10 this part of Pep,sylyania.L
About the goth OF Jan. there passed by INV
bouse seven colored men. They stopped
ses got some reireshn:ents, were tired nnd
t,nngry, aud ina bury to get on, 1t Was
sbou' noon. Tfey stopped about five miles
nortn OF tins place, where poor colored
man lives TO rest there for the night, not
knowing thnt there were eight kidnnppers
almost In sight Of them, and bad seen them
several times, But they had not enough of
the hnser sort Of Pennsylyanians, gathered or
hired, to warrant an attack on the poor, flee-
Ing bondmen, who each had large cudgel
IN his hand, and had some firearms along,
was told. The kidnappers stopped with
friend ofthe slaves for the night. lie thought
81 no crime to keep them up very late getting
the beds ready, aud the breakfast was very
late next morning. in the meantime, the
Free Soilcrs were not idle, but sent ahead
and put the poor fellows on the under
ground ruilroad. The blood hounds came
on the trail with plenty of mean fellows to
direct them to the poor colored mans cabin.
There WINS full stop there they could find
the track no farther. They offered five hun
dred dollars to any person that would show
where the negroes were, but that was a thing
impossible. After holding long consulta,
tion with tho friends of the Union, and utter
ing mnny curses on the heads of tue Free
Soilers, they took the road, and formed nnoth-
er plan. They sent a man ahead (oue of
their conpauy) to the next settement-n
Quaker settlement called the Grampian
Hills. lie told the folks that G. Acheson
had sctN him on to take charge of those run
away slaves; that he had agreed to tuke
3hen safe to Canada; hc wanted to see them
badly, as the kidnappers were not far behind,
and had given him strict charge to have
them out OF the way. He got colored boy
that was there to 60 with him aud help him
20 find them. He got the boy up behind him
and started of. The boy has not been seen
or heard Of since. lie was born at Harris.
burgh, in this State, aud knew nothing about
slavery, or where they were taking him.
hope the friends of humanity will have
an eye ont after the hoy. The two head fe-
lows from this State, who commanded the
pirate gang, were one of the name of Brack-
en, from Johnstown, Cambria county, the
other of tile name of Christy, from the south
of lndiana county. ! am certain Of their
names. think il was Christy that took
possession Of the boy. lie had hound
along lac called il n bloodhound, and scared
the women and boys, telling them how that
hound would tear up runaway slaves. They
hunted round the north part of this county
for about eight days, aud could get no track
Of their stray chaitels. They then broke up
their gaDg, and took another road home.-
They had couple Of names on piece of
paper of some men in this region. They
said they would make them pay all their
bills, with the full price of the runaways. |
suppose we will be called to Pittsburgh, in |
short time, for not catching these stray cat |
tle. II you think this information, or any |
part Of il, viii be interesting, you can pub
lsh. II 10 true 10 the best of my knowledge. |
..... Yours respectfully,
I..... ~. GEORGE ACHESON.