Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-11-03
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OTTAWA tkEkk, Oct. b, 30.
Ma EDIToR IL. is long time since las
addressed you, and your readers are probably
ready for more Kansas items, but this time |
purpose giving you few Missouri items.
Since my last have spent fortnight among
the slave owners Of Missouri, and think that
your readers may be interested, as was il
what ] saw relative TO the condition Of he
slave, and his treatment. ! spent week with
Mr. N, native Of Kentucky, but iOr
many years a resident Of illinois, and recently
removed TO Missouri Mr. n is accosued
among his older neighbors as hard master,
and many have told him that he worked BIS
slaves too hard; but he curses slavery general
ly and says he had rather have one white nan
than three niggers, that they wont work, and il
costs him more to keep them than they are
worth.
have no, time TO be particular, but will
give you The facts as could learn them, Of The
condition and treatment Of the negroes general
ly. | conversed with many Shareholders, and
was invited 10 their houses 10 visit them, aad
they talked like this: LIST. A free negro is de-
spised by all the slaves, for he has no one 10
be responsible for him. ID. Any time that
slave is dissatisfied with his master and wishes
10 have new one, it is customary to allos
them to hunt up purchaser for themselves, to
to whom the master sells him, for they say the
don't want slaves that don't wish to stay win
them. Sd. A family is never separated, though
slaves from one plantation often marry those Of
another, and are then allowed Saturday nigh
and Sunday. till Monday morning to visit shsir
wives and children.
There were but few men in that part Of The
country that visited, who had more than OOs
or Two negroes; though one man had 30 and
another so. Where there was but one or two
in family, the slave generally slept IN the
kitchen or loft Of the house bot where there
were many, they had hewn log houses, well
plastered and f0ored, and much more comfOrta-
BILE than the one in which am now writing
They have all the corn meal they wish some
-four, and plenty of bacon. Mr. NJ slsvs
eat the same as he did when he had company
OF course the slaves did Mt share in the good
things; but while was there they shared The
o@thr 10 thS "a SffH iNfh''g -
had free access 10 the cold bread and bacon lsil
from the meals, and as il was rainy, and they
were about the house most Of the time, they
kept their mouths full good share Of the time
During rainy weather they did not work IN lA'
fields bot husked or shelled corn in the ban'
or fiddled and danced in The kitchen. MIR n
did not work in the field with them but let bis
boy of 10 attend TO them, and he kept his 70"
with them at all kinds Of work.
finally came to this conclusion; that 'a''
cry is a curse to slave and master; but that 1ne
slaves ofwestern Missouri are not as lll1reaie0'
by far, as ! supposed, and that there is PFeu'
dice on both sides of the question about eqaalt'
Things are quite still at present in the Ter
ritory the Missouri election day was last MOO
day; everything went off peaceably and "
morrow the people vote for Reeder for oOn'
gross. 1t has been very sickly for the pas'lSS
months, all are recovering now. We haSe nav
two sharp frosis.
Yours truly, A. o. CARRESTrR'