Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-02-24
From the A. s. Standard.
A LETTER FROM THE SLAVE STATES.
TALKS AND WALKS IN GEORGIA.
ALABAMA. january |, 1855.

ALABAMA, January l, 1855.
At Augusta Georgia on December 20. ] con-
versod with several slaves and slavers on the
subject of Bondage and Abolitionism.
"D--me! if don't believe you arc an Aboli-
! ZIONIST yourself"
| "Why should you 2"
"WNll, you say that slavery is an Evil, and none
but Aboitionsts talk that-a-way"
jefferson. Washington, Patrc Henry, and
Madison, believed and declared that they thought
'that-a-way,' thought
| Now see hcre--you dare not deny that you
are an Abolitionist."
81 am not an Abolitionist-any more than if
lived in England would be Radical"
! "What are you, then ~
81 am ain Abolitionist, and a great deal more!
am REPARATToNIsT would not only abolish the
| Evil but rcpqir the Wrong. The South has
acknowledged that slavery is Curse recognise
| it a crime, also"
you're d-explicit, be sworn You had bet
ter not talk that-a-way in these parts Suppose
l was to tell on you?"
| "You dare nOt.'
"Why dare Mt I ?"
81 would blow your brains out. That's why"
THE cnAMBERMA1D's OPINION.
Same City. "Would you like to be frcep
asked of colored girl at my hotel
"Ycs, sir, would, indeed"' said she, "and /
would like to know who would n't!"
| "Hnw much do you getY'
81 don't get a cent; my mistress takes every
red"
"Don't---her cmployer) allow you some.
thing?"'
"No, SIR"
"Do you ever have money, thenW
"Oh, yes-sometimes."
| "Where do you get it?"
| "Gentlemen often gives me dollar" said she,
looking boldly at me, with outcast's demean-
our.
"Do you know any persons OF color who would
rather be slaves than free W
| "No' SIR don't know any one"
"if the coored people were free, would they
work hard as they dc now? L mean the
colored people in the city"
II guess most of them would work harder
cause they could live better, and dress and hny
things with the money they gives to the white
folks now. / know would work hard and
make lots of money if l was free. There's some
wouldn't work so hard, tho; they would buy
liquor and loaf about-tte same as the rhae Jclk$!"
WHY SLAVES STEAL.
l have very often heard the negroes spoken
harshly of in consequence Of their thievsh habits.
In walking in the vicinity of Agusta, one day, |
came up to negro, who was carrying bag Of
provisions from town to his masters plantation
We talked long time about the patrarchal In
stitution He said that plantation slaves in this
vicinity generally received one peck of meal ana
from one to two and half pounds of pork week
oIInw,ncn of ,poot
$50 you sec, massr, his slaves steal whatever
tHey eau ray ''.ei' ,i'',,uS 9.' .I'o, A.,
pin lhen' put ~ uIoI , "eGp ,J - .a o,on
sihco US ~: NV ".'u -" n",i -, -
'"Hes ""s '"'"E '.;oI -. Dso, 9w
eyes sir"
"Were YOU married by minister?"
"No, sir; Iioas married by The Uanket"
..WH WY s',"' oo.,,os +o,o,,,or into tLo so,oo
"il' i''s1 - 49,: W. eo-'I' I iIIi. oJ I,.s -
J''oin j "ia GU; ~ ~, rots no,r;od t5o
, uoM' 00'''' '-''''0 'N e'
IN ;stors ,,oror marry rou 9r
W ',at; n,','' - w.. ro Nrs,
ieS, li'vSo ~ ',,Sv "S; NV
mas you so' " .'''"
| (Ihs question mas Deeh aSkeo me uo@chs ot
tmeS by Plantation sLt'es-:h n'ce' onery uni.t .,
l,laS ltTe Aoie ii',o LUZ II uGU hot .ro
"ai,nG ,i rra Gov Il chew y, ,hocro has seldom
cHoJ 80 ho ,ha sinstrnn,ont~ Of c,nvayinr Rc-
nmi,licon IDEAS When WAS bov, | was very
pp,unh ;n,orosSad Win ono snrtanca in Jobn
inuom prorl,s Tbn divine Dreoner saws That
,rLo11oyor Lo rore a., nnnnv to a manner he accom-.
a,l;aJ - ,.;tI = tort .John has bo5 in,ito.ors in
a :, n,an,r tho rol;onists in thc south
e s,'"' Stotto.
e'N "''''''
ATLANTA
r .,,. ,,;,o thor.
10 sru eSinH business ci'5' Vi upou' '!tno
s''iiu i'..'"ol"n.s' ~ nus Nv neouy ''"'
1esire IL as resiucnce' ~ iccoiy suppoi'o wv
daily papers ana Two "eekhes-a rap'e"i anu !"
the'InSicai Journal IN 'he oou'n' siic neTVSp"- p
per Press is nei!her so numerous, innneh'lai nor
respected as IN the Nor'nern states II Is
gagged; ana slaves are never respeet"u
heard good story OF Young America NJ
Atlanta entitle 't-"Ihe Peanut seller $ Lri
umph; or Young Amerca's Revenge one DAY
Pe"hut %"u F to ''' m
Ipau sti.o,' us iuu1is pIsn VA 'n !" ~
''lo ooiIu1'ol M VI .no | t4 ito 49, M
VI IS
nea'ihg pos9h-coh'Iacte prow-'co,'PrGsseu
sa"1em'neu tnnad ..P If n",'Gv Eo
that then Pm mistaken y all proved that dread
Gni rotr;hnt;on owo;ted tbo 6svotod condnctor -,
the freight train,
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