American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-03-25
A Fugi,ivc slave in England
eehTas Lie.tpool Al6ioa futplshss the iOI


Fugitive slave in England
eDEThe Bivsrpooi Albion furaishes the fol-
\ lowing account. AS rendered l.y himself,
as afagsiive $ ave from the United States
..n0w In Liverpool 1t hring considerably
4 sci the Uncle Tom" stripe We make Ihe
.ssfollowiug sxwAct:
ssieAbsal a. year and half after had
lbsen in New Orleans ran into the woods.
sEiryes fphoved ny Rruks AMI a pack of
tblooetorns iato the Bsddsnrush Swamp.
:. The dogs soon caught me. TheT lore my
legs and body with their heth. Here are
,BemATksyet. fAs he spoke he turned
s,slp his trowsers' Logging. aud sx; o,ed for
sslmilahle seams. extenging up The c,lf ans
S...above the knee joiai. BlrE- (h o,ntin
suel 70 la up TO IN. with his gun anI shot
me 10 the hip with Ia bu shot. who's
!. can bs ssen and ex srninrd at any time -
i The dogs conlinue, TO pin me with their
teeth. Alter that knowed no,I ing wha,
ythegI done with me for about week.
when got litIle strong. they burned
my R,ch with red-bot iron, aud nv legs
.wilh spirits of turpenins. TO punish me-
Tor escapiug. They pu. an iron collar
sEonnd my ntck, which wore for ,ighl
.,Smontbs. besides two rons, on, on trh Itg.
aaAfter that i was watched very close ' /;
I-Lut one night about week after Christ
mas, Tran away. and hid mystlf under
the,sswdnst in sawmil pit. below New
Orlsses.i | was followed by BFuke he
ovetseer. and the dogs. but they dbl not
ind Inc, Lcrept out aud ran away 70
more safety, TO the Great Salt. water Like
behind Orleans. secreting myself under
the bushes and vines. There are nlIipa.
tors in the lake. and as | wadded up to
woths knees in water, the alIigators. followed
me, gruntilg AMI believing AMI trying to
.iogstme. i had several times to climb up
trees 10 escape them; but felt safer among
aligators than among white man. In the
s.porniug, al 4 O'Clock. went down to tile
wharf On the road came across some Of
the men who were out watching for me
with guns aud dogs. II W s Just gelti.v
light. began TO whistle and siGg. and
walked close BY them, aud they pail no
s,attsntion TO me.
When got down 10 the warf some of
the crew Of the American cotton ship Me-
tf0pdiis took me on board, aud hid ne
!alKay among the bales, on9 OF the coiored
men split on me. AMI there was a search
made for mo that day: hut they did not
find me. and | trsmbled TO think that
should be isksn back aud tortured. | was
frightened 100. for ths eolorsl men who
s;had, bsfrIendea mr.. l was kept out Of the
'isight of.the whits mrn. and eapsin Foster
did not know any hing about il until At
'terthe men had been p,ii OIL at Liverpool
l remained hid from week after CInist.
mass until about ihree weeks ago, when
the ship came here. During IL ! time |
,,EAs seereted, | was kept alive by the Jol
.oysd men, who bal been so good to me
They brought me some thin! to ct and.
drink every night. When was first Ian
ded here was frgh en- u al eveIy viii
man .psssed aud bid myself nbGut when
eeqli pnd beggrJahoal nj night for br d
Iawas afraid should be taken into sltverp
sagaiu, did not know | could moi be a
slave here rrff 5000
With regard 10 the future. poor, TON
Wilson said he would be glai of FIRE.
mans piace on board coasting steamer.
Whep in SLAYER in America. lie hal been
hired opt as a tirsman on one Of the lake
steamers. He said that he coull do that
'workyery well. aui could stan any a..
mount ofheat.