The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-08-31
FOURTEEN THOUSAND NOW READY.
TWELVE YEARS 3 slave!
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scene OF Uncle Toms captivity was lald--and
his account of this plantation, and The mode OF
life there. and some incidents which he des-
ciibes 10 m a striking parallel 10 TINT history.
Il Mrs. STOWE, in her Key" p. ia.
TES he Narrative Of Solomon Nnslhup, cit
e izen of New York. Kidnapped in WASH
lpgton Ci.y in lS4l, and rescued in 1853, from
a Couon Plantation near the Red River, in
Louisiana.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Portrait of Solomon in his Plantation Suit.
S:ene n Slave Pen at Washington.
Separation of Eliza ana her last Guild.
Cnapin rescues Soinnon from Hanging.
The S'aking-out and Fiogg'ng oil the girl Pat
sey.
Scene in the Cotton Field.
Arrival Home and first meeting with his wife
and Children.
One handsome l2mso Uo7. $50 pages, price 81 90
READ WHAT THE Reviewers SAY.
The narrative will be reud with interest by
any one who can sy npathise with a human be
ing struggling Tor freedom i Buff. Cour.
The volume cannot full to gain wide cir.
cualion will be read extensively both at the
North aid South. No one can GOTTEN ale the
scenes which are here so naturally Sc, forth,
without new conviction of the hdeousness OF
the institution from which the utect Of the mar
rrafive has happily escaped.-N. Y. TriN.
What tale it tells; what mex xpressible re-
proofs aganst Slavery; what occasion for shame
and tears the part Of all. We think the
story,as affecting us any tale o(sorrow could be-
We believe its perusal will not only exciIsnan
absorbing interest, but minister powerfully 10
the sound, intelligent ant.-slavery sentiment Of
the country.-N. Y. Evangelist.
Next to Uncle Toms Cabin. the extrnordin-
ary Narrative of Solomon Nurthup, is the most
remarkable book that was ever issued from the
American Press. Indeed i, is even more xe-
raoi dnnry work Than that, because il Is only
simple unvarnished tale of the experience OF
an American freeman of the blessings" OF
slavery, while Mrs. Stoves Uncle Tom is only
an ingenious and powerfully wrought novel, iii
tended TO illustrate what Solomon saw and ex-
perienced. Southern Slavery IN its various
phuses.- Detroit Ttib.
We hope ii will be universally read. If we
do not sadly err, it will prove of vast service i'll
the great cause of Freedom. II there are those
who can peruse i. unmoved we pity ,hem.-
That j: will create as great sensation, and be
regarded equally as interesting as "Uncle Toms
Cabin" is not question for argument, In
our opinion it will lead that wonderful work
in the popular opinion, aud in The aggregate OF
sales Buff. Express
This Is one of the most exciting narratives,
full Of thrilling incidents arlessly told, with
all The marks Of truth. Such tale Is moie
powerful tnun any fiction which can be concev-
ed and elaborated. There ure no depicted
scenes in Uncle Tom" more tragic, horrible,
and pathetic, than the incidents compassed i'll
the twelve ears of this nan's life III slavery
TCin. Jour.
He who with an unbiased mind sits down TO
the perusal of this book. will arise perfe' ty sat-
i,fied that American slavery Is hell Of tor-
men,s yet untold, and fell like devoting the
energies OF his life to it, extirpaion from ale
face of Gods beautiful earth Evening
Chron.
The book il one Of most absorbing interest.
-[Pntsburgh Despatch
In this Book Slavery is undoubtedly reveal
ed, as it exists in the interior oil Louisiana,
Arkansas. &c.
|. is one OF the most effective books oginst'
slavery that was ever written ''Archy Moorea
and ..Uucle Tom" are discredited by many as
''romahees;" but how the apologst- for The i'll
si,utiou dispose of Northup we are curious
to see.-[Syr. Jour.
l., i, we'll told and bears internal evidence Of
being a clear statement of facts. There is no
attempt a, display, bu, the events are so graph
cally portrayed that the interest IN the perusal
is deep aud unabnted TO the last. Some of The
scenes hnve a fearful nnd exciting power in
their delineation. The sunshine Of kind treat
ment sheds few broad beams aihwart the da k
canvass of twelve years Of bondage; but IN the
main, the darker cruelty and wickedness Of
oppression is still more revolving by the con-
,ras..--[ [Coyuga Chief.
1t is n strange history. its truth is far stranger
than fiction Think of it! For thirty years a anan
with all a mans hopes, fears and aspirations
n wife and children to call him BIZ the endearng
names of husband and father-wth home, hum
bic it may be, but still home, beneath the shell
ter Of whose roof none had right to mnest or
make him atraid-then for twelve years fling, a
chatteI personal, cassed with mules and horses,
and treated with less consideration than they,
from his home and family, and the free labor by
which he earned their bread, and driven to unre-
mittiog, urrequited toll in cotton field under a
burning southern sun, by the lash of an inhuma u
master. OH it is horrible. 1t ehs the blood to
think that such are. Fred. Douglass Paper.
Itcomes before US with highly respectable voucl-
ers, and it is IA plain and simple statement of what
happened to the author while in bondage 10 SOUTH
ern masters. While concede to the south all
the privileges IN respect to slavery which are guar
auteed TO them by the constitution. are free to
speak of its evils; and when particular instances
OF inhunlan treatment of slaves come TO our notice
we shall remark upon them we piease. 1t ID a
well told story, full of interest and may be said to
be the reality of " life among the lowIy."-[ Buff
Com. Adv.
Let it be read by all those good easy FOULS, who
think slavery is, on the whole good thing. Let
it be rend dby all who think that although slavery is
politically Hnd economically bad thing it is moi
very bad for the slaves. Let it be read by all those
NJ. c.. and supporters who nre always ready to
give their votes, in aid of Slavery and the slave trade
with all the kidnapping inseperabe from it, Let ii
be read, too by our southern friends. who pity with
so moch christian sepsibity, the wretched condi
ton of the free negroes at the north and re- joice
at the envable position of their own slaves.-[N N
Y. Independent.
Published by
DERBY & MILLER, Auburn N. Y,
DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN, B fflo
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