Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-17
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Tae ai.van,ss res oT frrc over slave 30.
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The advantages Of freedom in the Free States
over slavery in the Slase States, for the poor
white nan whose only capital Is his eaRaci i %
labor, IS well illustrated IN tae following which
we extract from the G.enwood Mills Co, loxaN
Times, where it appears over the signature OF
HIP. The eiitur says il is "A plain statement
and true one The condition Of this family,
when they LEFT Tennessee, is the condition a n OF
laborins men in the lump in Save States. Their
condition. now is the condition which industry.
energy and frngaiity is sire 70 attain 70, where
the soil Is cultivated by free labor:
/ Iwrite for the purpose of relating the history
u Il family that formerly lived in Tennessee and
nov resides in Mills CO., Iowa. This fathily iorr
snerly resided in Hamilton county, Tennessee,
comprising Il man, his wife and daughter, who
were nlshaa,hle circumstances; on account OF
the hardness of the times in that ctninty, they
were unable by heir industry 10 earn more than
d scanty support, az shcf. were renters on the
soil that they Tiled. The father ot the family,
being an energetic man, copeiaded thai tins
y,nrse OF life would not do for him, and that he
would seek some new location more congenial TO
with dear relations aud friends. In the winter OF
ls34--5 he read i small book giving a descrT-
ton Of Western Missouri and Iowa. this book
vas Lewis; 4 Clark explora ions in the west.
IN reading this book lie concl .ded that this
vas the country for him, but his, wife thought
,hat it would be an impossibility for persons as
poor. as they were to venture on SO long jour
,iey, as it seemed then like going almost out of
tl,e world, but the man was determined and
concluded to make the venture.
In the spring Of 1885 he settled with all lils
creditors, and on taking nm account ofhs stock,
he found he had left, one poor old horse, worth
lbout $50, one feather bed and bedding, worth
s. one small skillet, one small bucket called in
that country "pigggin7, and 81 s62i, this was
his scanty means TO commence journey OF
from 900 to LOCO miles, all of which was to be
performed on foot, but his heart never failed
,,im, he was determined to go and would make
The venture. zy.s4 seY L. 81. = EesffsS 3i4s
On the 9Th Of April, 1884, they started, the
man leading the old horse before with all their
worldly goods packed on his back, and his vile
and daughter travelling behind, his daughter
being hut six years old. They passed through
AcAlnvie aud Nashville, Tennessee; HopSins-
vile, Kentu,ky; thence crossing the Ohio River
ny u ferry, thence through Princeton and Alton
to ST. Charles on the Mississippi River, thence to
Arrow Rock, thence to the Grand Pass in Saline
county, Missouri, where they located, and on
concluding their journey they had all their
household goods and 81 IN money. The man
had swapped horses three times, and each tine
obtained "boot", and was cnabled by this to pay
ais expenses aud made the journey in one
month and seven days. Their only protection
1t night was an old quilt spread over somero es.
In the spring of S36 all they lad eXcep. lag
the clothes that covered them was burnt, and in