The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11
A Mother Pleading with her Son.

/ Truth is stranger than fiction. Narrowing
a. are the details of Uncle Toms Cabin =
that wonderful creation Of woman's genius,
they can be matched by the experience of
every day life mother is now 10 our city,
soliciting help to purchase the freedom of her
only son. now cruelty and unjustly held in
the city of New Orleans. Her sad history IS
briefly this: She was born in Franklin, Mis-
souri,, and when but nine wears old was taken
down the Mississippi by slave trader and
sold to Louisiana Planter. named Felix
Clark. He proved an indulgent master. gave
her good education. and when she grew up
placed her in charge Of h, household. She
lived with him many years. and bore him nine
children, six Of whom, victims to the yellow
fever, she buried in Louisiana, while three,
two girls and boy, survive. Al last her mas
ter grew i'll, and anticipating death cnaGncipa
ted herself and her three children. He died.
and to her MINCED surprise and terror she and
her children were Immediately claimed as
s{apes BY her masters brother. 1t was in
vain she pleaded the act of eiaancpation.-
She was answered that her master was not in
his right mind at the time. and therefore the
act was void. Being unable To prove her right
and tile to freedom, she and her children
were consigned ta Slavery Her god mother,
however. who knew all the facts OF case and
sympa.hized deeply in her distress, soon pur
chased her freedom fora large sum, and en-
abed her 10 work for the means to support
herself and to redeem her children from bond
age In this pious, motherly labor she has
been engaged for three years past, and has
succeeded in buying ter own daughters, pay
ing 500 for the one and $500 for the other.
Her boy. the Youngest of the three. beiug
very small aud csiy. she had been allowed
to take with her. waeu she left New Orleans;
the Doctor on the plantation certifying that
his chance of life was not worth three cent" ="
This boy she brou sht 10 ST. Louis and there
nurse him 3enlery for years, in the inter, ais
of her .rps a stewsr3ess on one Of the Mis-
si>sippi boats. A length, the boy began 10
improve aad when lie attained his tenth year
last spring, had got 70 be heallhy and b"i, n
looking. The Captain of the boa, struck
with his appearance, offered to employ him.
and the mother consented.
On the last trip down the river the boz ac-
conpanied her. but she returned alone
While the boat lay a: the Levee in New Or
leans. and in the motlers absence, her old
masters brother and the boy olen uncle came
and carried him off as a slave. She hunted
two days about the city before she learned
what had become Of him. and then found him
shut up in Jail. Her pleas for her young son
may be imagined, but they only avaiied TO
obtain from his inhuman uncle the promise TO
sell him to his own mother for one thousand
doiinrs-the offer to stand open three months
These were the best terms she could make for
her own flesh and blood.
The Master of the Steamboat promptly ad
vanced $500 towards the required sum to
bind the bargain. And the mother has left
her situation to beg among Northern people
for the additional sum required. If she fails
in this effort, she returns to New Orleans and
gives herse!f up to bondage again to redeem
her little bov.-.Nascaukee Sentinel.