New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-18
ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF STEPHEN PEN
BROKE RELATED BY HIMSELF.

Last evening STEPHEN PEMBROKE lately the slave of Ja
cob Grove addressed small audience the above sub
ject at the Tabernacle. He said: set out to escape
from Slavery On the lst May last with my two We
walked oil night, and went fifty odd miles without stop
ping. We got 10 far as NewYork City, where we were
violently arrested secured and taken back to the South
j was treated in bad manner here I had counsel,
and did not know what the law remained fifteen
days in the South under chains, locked up by night.
ate and slept chained. kept so till my
arms swolcd and my appetite was gone.
90 until ] was bought through the benevoence
of the public and the exertions OF my brother whom had
not for 30 years. Some suppose Slavery not to be
what is said to be but am right down upon II. was
fifty years in it, and it has many degrees. have been in
three of them In thirty years sold three times.
served one man for twenty years. He was rigid and
wicked have men tied up and whipped, shot,
and starved Then there moderate degree; and
then cot into that which left after being twenty years
in it. II has left life in me, thu, is ell served man
twenty years for s4O0 and then he wanted $1,000 for me-
after starving and depriving OF all the comforts OF
life and the worship of God. The slave never knows
when he is be seized and seourged My father was sod
FIVE times, The last time he was knocked down and
seized by three men. have seen men working all day,
day in ard day out, with iron collars on their
necks and so locked up at night getting pound OF corn
bread and half pound of meat. would rather die the
death of the righteous than he slave always under dread
and getting good word used to say to my mas
ter I" getting old and ought to have some rest but
he would answer "No, Sir; il you speak about freedom,
will sell you further South" For the last twenty
had fr6e VIE, ana Dut Tor
without the mercy OF God would be this night IN my
grave. My pursuors were believe in the same train by
which ] arrived here at in the evening, and was ar
rested at "A o'clock next morning. Fly pursuer told me
there a watch round the house all night. mad no
counsel and did not know the law, what should say,
40 thought better let the law have its course Ny first
slave; so my five childfen slaves too Since
my sons were arrested here they were twice sold before
my sce. I saw them with their arms chained together,
and my arms were chained and my masters son lay IN
the room where lay with brace OF pistols under ms
hee
his hand on oro know who gave his slave one
hundred and fifty ashes in Two days, and the th& hs
died lie crcpt into the fold aud his master, suPposln
he was sleeping, went up and cowhided him. but nc
cowhiong corpse thinking he was asleep Such is he
condition Of Slavery; il is hard substances you canot
break nor pull apart and the only way is 10 escapo
from H. think il is the North that keeps up slavery.
Sncb IL my opinion. ! am thankful to the community
that has been so kind and charitable as 10 hep me our oi
the scraIe, aud would Ike TO nave my say o"''
iAgPlarse ~. p..,vov pa,ohro.o,. hrothor al.
dressed the meeting He said his brother was still labor
inc under fear of slavery, although legally manumteu
he found hard TO get him TO walk about freely IN the
sree,s He mentioned that the morning of the arrest
no Was told al the staophouse that the examination would
be M II o'clock He went othe Marshal between lO ana
n and was told IL would be between ~ and lie caled
again and was told he would all the parties there De-
tween and s. He went at -, and was told they were
inst 10 minutes gone He pleaded for the release oil MS
nephews the sons Of Pembroke ,. -
Mr. A. A. STARR then exhibited to the audience oy
means OF his powerful microscope several OF the wonders
of the minute animal and vegetable creation with epp
prate explanations and remarks. The audience seeuea
highly pleased and Interested
The meeting then adjourned