Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-12

of FFae-A Observation-Disclosures GSse'a3ie As,f
ar,ns the free negroes of Ien Mile. ant
fortified them SO at the polla, tbo nigh
before the eaction, that Il would Esy4
required lfsgs force q vel srale, faa,
to Rave gained access 10 the hsEiot-box
las Sac Of .ohsis:a,aa- parssh Of Rrpidss
Before the undersigned authority
personally appeared Edmond Johnson, !.
citizen Of 'E.e Staia aud parish aoovs
mentioned, who, being duly sworn &C,
co.a,ing 70 lew, affirmed that, on the 4,h
day Of November, A, D. 1855, in con-
pany with other citizens 0: tbs aforesaid
State and parish, accompanied tbs chs.',-
Ieuging committee q the American par
ty to s,aney's alias Ten Mile precinct.
ii The parish Of E.spi1es End State OF
Loa'sians. for the purpose Of protecting
he said Committee il .teif rights, hav-
ne heard that ihs. :rae negroes Of the
! sad precinct wess determined; inst tleis
votes should not be challenged, ard that
i.ey were determined 10 vote regardless
OF all law.
did. then aud there, AT The said pre-
cEnct, and On the day md date above
| written, see Rohee, A. Hunter, armed
with a double oarre.al shot gun and 8
revolver, ths might hare nave had mora
sainsl ral.ylug the free negroes around
hin. al armed with double bareIed shot
guns AID rifles, for The purpose. AS be-
IleYe, % force III their ballots, regardless
q ii! consequences. I 10 furthermore
affirm that | heard Sobeft l.. Hunter
say 10 the freq negroes, that, let them
co;ns 90, and we will make them smoke,
nearing tls Challenging COMMITTEES,
and those who were II company With
ssiJ Committee | DO furthermore si-
firm that believe thta al! the names on
The lis. called :. Boycs's List are mixed
viii. mixed with African blood. In fact,
some of them ere 40 black, that If offered
for safe, tE,s purchaser would no; sss if
they we're free. | furthermore bei.aso
that the SAID Robef. A. Hunter hss a.>
tended tia SAD precinct a. every siee-
ton held at it for the last three years,
and DO know tia. tbs said Robert 4
Hun .sf gave u bal! 1t oEa Of thai
houses, uear The said SANKEY'S 0. Ten
Nile precinct, for the benefit or pleasure
of the said free negroes, and danced with
them, snj me. them on an equality
EDMOND JOHNSON.
Sworn TO aad subscribed before ma.
this .0ttl DAY Of 4 5g,,st, 4. = 1851.
WA, RANDOLPH, P.
9'as State q Io@tslana-pay7st q hapnaet.
Personally appeared before mo ,he
undersigned, 1.s1iea OF tie Peace in apJ
for she parish Of lsapiies aas! Stale OF
Louisiana, Levy Boyd and Wm. Boyd,
citizens of The parish sad State aforesaid,
who, beng duly sworn according to law,
say that they accompanied the American
Challenging Committee to the precinct
called Ten Nile, iu the aforesaid State
anu parish, for the purpose Of assisting
the SAT-: committee IN their rights, IN
November, 1855, having heard that the
,Duiattoes Of SAID psaeinct were deter
mined thai their votes should no. bo
challenged. aud were going to vote re-
car,.iess OF all law. When We arrived
within short distance Of tha said pre-
ciact, ne saw they we're armed and
| bafsicaded, and led on by Col! Robert
4. Hunter. /, Levy Boyd, swear that |
saw TIE said Hartes at the SAID precinct,
at the election .or President Of ths
| United States, in koyamber las., armed,
and, believe, leading OF the lnu.sttoes
Of said precinct, si! armed, fof the pas-
pose q voting them, regardless Of 81!
Iaw.
| We further believe that tI.ers Is up
| wards 5E forty votes poilel ss said Ten
Mile precinct, that afs given by persons
OF mixed African blood, srao vote the
! Democratic ticket.
l.s
LEVY ID BOYD.
j, mark
his
WILLIAM II BOYD.
| mark.
/ Sworn TO aud SUBSIDIZED before me-
| this 2o,h day Of August, 1857. The
parties not being peEsmsn, maze ,hs'i
| usual marks.
| vym RANDOLPH ?.
clt-ks OFF,, Distrtet Cesat, PARISH Of Raptidss
I hereby certify that L. Lsgfss, Win
c. James, and Wm Randolph, Esquises
arc Justices Of the Peace in and for tte
parish of Rapides, duly commissioned
and qualified.
II witness aE,ageo. I have Aersun..
lsat my hand and affixed the sea- of salc
T1ou.t NJ AlaysnfIria the 2SLh iar .