The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-05-03
NUMBER NUM- 3 IS.
2. From the NJ: o. sPiedgane-
Spanish slave EmaMcipalfOIiI

I - We alluded a few DaySSsHteez " :tilS stftS.
graphic report that Spain bad agreed, az thss'
suggestion Of England. to e,napsipate ate. hsfs
slaves, and made Some remark Upon Tie hlss5
torica points Of that question. W.. now ind
4 in our New y ork exchanges the followIEgs -
plantations of the matter, BY. which 5it s1E be-
seen that the question isdeptiyed OF It's ,isasss
! porance for the present.: = =
| The Madrid correspondent Of the Morning
Chronicle makes the following imp ortant, STATES
ment: 4 q 8.
| Through The eseftiohs 81. Lord HawdcR,
+ the Spanish Government has agreed to give
complete liberty, before the end Of the year, .
that class of negroes cGlled eaancpados aftet
the completion of their FIVE years eonsgn
or apprenticeship. Those eniantirados Who, @
at the end Of 1853, shall not have finished theft IS
term of servitude, shall be manumitted acc6rsfS;
ding as their several probationary periods ex.s
pire THIS measure has been occupying the
British legationza at Madrid, one sgay gt srotlls
er, for the last thirty years, and its
now may be looked Oh as an earnest Of better
things, while it is not without ifs seourqge IN
the present disafected state Of Cubs:
Win ali due Difference to satRe Madrid COR q
respondent Of the Morning Chronicle, !, !. wes9
would say that What he has here put forth sas
news is very old thing, havingu been. the ex.B S 6
act position Of the questio for the aast thist
years. Under, the treaty Of lS l7s there ywaSs
established at Hayanaa mixed tribunal ,ssolass
posed Of two English and one Spanish jhdges
for the purpose Of adjndeating cases Of SAVERS
captured by British eraiseEs and brought sss into
slavers thus taken aud condenned .by thiss
tribunal were at first sold and latterlg bfoksaa
zip, in Havana for it was found that their for:
mer owners would purchases hem and .ft them
out att once for another 4yoy age to the sslase
coast The. negroes were placed ,at the 9lspo;
fsal Of The Spanish Colonial GoYerua! and
were BY it put ont as apprenti tot 2 term Q.s
years, in order that they might learn the lani
guage, some ,ussfd occupation, and the rlalss
ments ofthe Christian religion. "a
The term ofsservice was seven years, aad tl.esas
affair was a most profitable one for the, Cap
tain General received from the. grantee apft
MUM for eachypegro, VARYING from six ounces,
|1sl02A to ten ounces ISL q head, accofss
ding to the Season ofthe year, the demand Tor ss
flabor during the cane. utting season increasias
the price at that particular time ana the saiae
of the apprentice. These apprentleed negroes
are called emancipados, temanclPated,l and s
arr arc - Des = '
Formany years past the greater portion Of &
1.-The labors Of the British judges in the fnlAea s,
tribunal has been the hunting up Of negroes 3,
whose term of service had expired, but who
had not been sf4esented to the Government fof
for the purpose Of obtaining their free papers.
A very large proportion OF the original mum.
her anoor,ioned would be reported dead. and 3.
cert;srste s of ioterment would, upon inquiry,
~ n.osan,od from the curate OF the parish. b
" ye .;raa to time able bodied negroes, :,
lona 9 snnnosed nm 10 be dead would fdd their way
70 t5e indoes and claim their liberty. This
s,L;o.t has heen one Of constant irritation be-
s,.csn t6e Government Of Cuba and the mixed
tr;hnnal and the British Goyeyninent has eon!
stantly urged upon Spains that she should give
to the ;ndees of this court hority to 60 into
tho conntrv and question every negro they
Emiobt choose as to his origin and the time he z
| had been in the country. >, -
Spain clearly saw what "a vast amount OF
accumulated testimony of her constant lntrac-S
tion of, the treatyof lSl7woud thus pc Pro-
cured BY the British Government, y. tne DE- -
Lclaration of negroes imported 10 yieiation ot
that treaty, and she has steadily adhered to her
determination not to consent to it. Under the 8
pressure and urgency of. the English demand
she has resorted from time to time to various .
lsubterfuges and concessions which have never
Ibeen carried out by the Colonial Government;
and the present arrangement though not clear. !
tIy explained 10 the above cited paragraph, is no
doubt, one of the same evasions. lhe tact
that at the present moment the number ot
emancpados is very Insignificant, renders tne