New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-29
AN APPEAL TO THE BENFVOLENT AND
LIBERAL CITIZENS or ROCHESTER,
AND WESTERN NEW YORK

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Several years since there veo in this city worthy
industrious ard rerp cable colored BY tho meme
81 pison blacksmith by trade. who owned q shop
snc carried on The business and was well Known TO
vsny OF cur c!iizers Dixon died several years snce
tayirc seyeral children. amorg them q 500 named
U.pry who was also honest industrious ard nteli.
cent lad He was also well known TO many pe'soas
nov living here a. also IN Auburn, where h. lived at
ore time and Kept barber chop in the American
Hotel All who knew him concur IN giving him an er-
cN,s VI chaisctr.
More than ore wear since sister Of Henry, 4 re-
srec,sb,, coore6 wousn living ~ Buffalo called upon
The suhsrrter ard Informed that her brother heuy
I'm home several We ars since TO 20 SOUTH Ia engage Ia
scme kild Of business; that nothing was beard rom
him ill quite recently when tw letters had oeen re-
ctiv,d from him, one Of which was 10 Jsraes ,. Sey-
rrour GO of Auburn, Informing his trencs TIA ne
had been en- plcyed a hack driver IN the CITY OF
Washington; that he Raj started 70 return home 10
Re chester; that lie siOppeo at q Islroad stNiou Do
tween Washington ard Baltimore TO stay over nj sht;
that " bile esletp in he'd he seissd by some UNI
krown rfions and taken TO slave pea and solo ~
slave to who lived in the City Of Macon Geor-
ea BY whom he was taken 10 HIS residence where no
was still h,ld in bOndaige. In this letter to Mr. Sey-
morr lie eLreated his friends il possible, to proeire
bis lbera;iCn. His sister also informed me Thar she
IVES then CndcaNC my 10 piOcue some advice ana as
s:s'ebee in procuring her bro'he, liberation.
| felt NJ more interest in the case, from having
Known The fan lily well end also, that both the fsher
aud Henry wee once members ct an African sunday
School under my superintendent. l promptly prof.
fired my sstance, and, with the aid OF two or three
oilers, caused sfdavis Of the circumstances to be
made showing also tibet neither Henry, his father, nor
mother were ever slaves but born free and We made
application TO the Governor of this State under stat
mic law 10y which be authorized IN such cases to APP
ront an agent TO 60 and demand and reclaim Tree
citizen lllegslly held in bondage. Governor Cnik
oAprtssed deep interest in the case, aud promptly
splointod such sgCnt gentleman living IN Auburn,
whom Mr.. Seymour Aforesaid recommended, who Also
KEW Henry we'll and who kindly rroiessed his desiro
to be spponted.
prcceedfd to Macon and found the residence Of the
Individual De by Henry IN his letter. but iound
that about the tue shortly after the writing oil Inc
letter to Mr. Seymour he had sold Henry TO some per
son and 10 some part of the country unknown 10y tho
advice and with the assistance Of legal counsel various
utess efforts made 10 ascertain either the then
owrer or his residence.
TIE counsel finally advised the agent 10 return homo
they promising still TO make further efforts to aseer-
tain where he was, in order to reclaim him. And the
counsel were requested 10 inform zoe IT the result OF
their cfTorts. have 10 believe that Tie counsel
are cen reient and have been very faithful They have
recently written To that all efforts 10 ascertain either
the owner of Henry, bic residence have facd The
folmtr owner who is represented 10 be hcsuee un
IriptiIed man, rclusosfor obvious ieasons-'o s"c
any inform alton. lie oeis, however, for the cum OF
500, to Ieisarchase Henry ard deliver HIM TO his
hierds, thai he msy be retired to freedom. lie wu
do THE for 500, and nothing less He mus hare ,s
pound ef flesh There u no law nor human ,orce py
which he can he compelled TO inform where Henry Is.
Fellow citizeIs, shall this sum be raised, az mus'
this fine Young man this FREE citizen of New York,
vio has been guilty of crime, remain IN hopeless
bondage To those who have hearts to feel and mo-
rey 20 give, thi, ep onl is made
The subscriber WIN thankfully receive, md faithfully
arpy wta.ever may be given for this object, by pay.
mg It over trusty persor-probably the agent
above me noned who will proceed 10 Mace y, proenro
Henry ard return with him free citizen. The conn
fo suggest in their last letter the importance OF losing
10 time for fear that the present Nv ner Of Henry who
ssid 10 be DESTROYS 10 dispose of him. should do 90
and he he taken where we shall hear from hun
again.
- All thirgs whatsoever ye would that men should
DO a. YOU, GO you 80 TO them
p|eb5,,cy Nov "a 1856 ASHLEY SAMPSON.