Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-24

seizing her by the hair, and attempting to pull
her away, and dragging the children along with
her.
They shall not be taken away from mel
You will have to use force said Mauasseth.
The trader then raised his terrible lash, and re-
peated the command-'Let go, or | will cut you 10
two The command dhd the motion had no other
effect on the frenzied mother, than to make her
repeat the same sad words
They shan't be taken awAy!'
The trader then let fall tho heavy lash upon the
naked shoulders of the unhappy Cherry. The
blow produced a cash from which the blood flowed
freely. But SO fused were the mind and love Of
Cherry with the minds and love of her terrified
children, that they were as one spirit which felt
only tho danger of separation. Her senses were
all absorbed by the danger of the crisis and the
greatness of the outrage, and the lash was Lo more
felt than if it had fallen upon a corpse. Blow af
ter blow followed, but not a motion of the mus
oles-not the least appearance Of pain was produc.
ed, or the least relaxation Of her hands-linked
as they were, like iron upon the backs of her chill
dren. The single garment which she wore was
saturated with blood, which flowed down her limbs
upon the ground. Still she stood there, holding
her children 10 her strong arms, and leaning her
head upon heir heads repeating tho same sooth-
ing, moaning verbs
They shan't take you away
Finding that the whip made no impression upon
the woman, the rufian fell into a rage, and was
about to give her a dreadful blow upon the head
wi.h tie loaded butt Of his whip, when Mauassetb,
fearing that his most valuable chattel would be
disabled, and perhaps destroyed, interposed and
told the trader no would separate them without
disabling her.
lie then commanded two OF his stoutest men,
who stood at a distance, to comb forward and re-
lease the children from sheir mother. The blacks
came forward, but hesitated to obey tho cruel com,
mand. lie charged them to obey, at the peril OF
their lives. Forced by a fear of consequences,
they set about the work. aud failing to succeed
without mechanical aid, they pryed her arms apart
and released their children. Finding herself sep
arate from her children. she fell into a frenzy Of
grief and passion. Charged by their master to
hold her, with great effort they succeeded to do it
while the hardened trader led the screaming
: children to tho c%ufle, and fastened their bound
wrists to the large rope that ran through it, Then
after the collie had started, because she took ad-
vantage of the carelcssness Of the keepers-or be.
cause they were willing she should again embrace
her chiliren-she Lroke from them, and, ere she
could be retaken, few to the cyfie and locked her
children in her arms again-ropeating the same
moaning words
They shan't take you away from mel
Again were they pryed apart as before, and the
caravan of children, fastened in front 20 a large
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TIE darkness of the evening, which was coming
fast on, while Cherry was dragged by main force
in another direction. The former were soon lost
to the sight Of the antic mother forever.
That she might not follow her children, Cherry
was now taken into the room which was used for
weaving coarse cloth for the negroes, and fastened
securely TO the loom, where che remained, raving
and moaning, until morning.
The reader will wish to hurry over the denoue.
men, Of this horrible outrage. Cherry stiffened by
confinement, and covered with wounds and gore,
D was no more reconciled in the morning than in
the evening. She refused all food and rest, and
e raved and mourned for her children. The ref &c.
ton that the voices which so sweetly answered
T her call. were wailing in that dreadful cofle-ol
Q that their bodies might be bleeding from the lash
: which drew her blood that she could not go tC
y them, or they come TO her, almost made her crazy
u and overcame every other feeling, and deprived
4 her OF food and comfort, until exhausted nature
sank under the load of oppression, and she fell
d into a brief oblivion of sleep; and then awOke
y ~burdened with sorrows, aud tortured by pain ant
burning fever-which deprived her Of strength
and laid her upon her hard couch for days. A
o kind-hearted old slave woman washed her wound
and nursed her, and by the soothing attentions 0
& her oldest child, Maria, and tho affectionate sym
" pathy Of Jarm-who occasionally saw her-sh,
u was restored to health, and sadly took her plac,
} among the hands in the feld-to her, the only
IS place Of sympathy during the day,