, 1860-03-16
ARE NEGROES BURNED IN TIE
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Our first witness is Iii. Poe, q naive of
Richmond, ya-, and afterwards resident Of
Hamilton Couuty, Ohio, where he was highly
respected ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church. In aletter, written about t~snty years.
since, upon the subject Of Slavery, be says: *in
slave to 4 Tree, logged him again and again
with great severity, then piled brush around
him, set it on fire, and burned him to death.
The overBeer WAS tried and impEitoned-: The
whole transaction may be found on the records
Of the Court" % ri =.
Tie latc John Parrish, of PhiladeiPhiia,, au |
eminent minister Of the Society Of Friends. tray
eled through the Slave States, on a religious |
mission, early in this century, aud on his return
published pamphlet entitled Remarks on the
Slavery Of the Black People" Among other
instances Of cruel punishment, he states that q
SINE " was burnt to death at stake. in Charles
ton, surrounded By multitude Of spectators,
some of whom were people Of the first rank;
the poor object was heard to CRY, as long as he
could b'ea,he, mot gnisty--net guilty." l.
ia St. Louis for so1ne oIensc, but Was rescued
By one Aackintosl, a free man Of color, d stcE-
ard on board 4 steamboat. On his way to the |
jail, in order to effect his escape he stabbed and
killed one Of bis captors The wife and children |
Of the murdered man excited the ra:e Of the
rounded, the unurdeter demanded, ind giyen
up. lie was led into the woods. on the then
out<ki1ts Of the city, but near tue spot where
The Court House was uftervard built. brushwuod
aud gr, en- wood was piled about him, and fire
set to the heap, in presence Of concourse OF
two or lhree thousand citizens Of st. Louis.
The poor wretch was from twenty minutes to
half IN hour ia dying, during which be was
praying OF singing hymns in Il calm voice.
When his legs we're consumed. the trunk d's-
appeared in the blazing pile. "Theze" said
bystander, ut is all ever with him; he docs
MT feel auy more pow," eyes do, answered
steady voice from out Of the flames.
Il correspondent Of the Cincinnati Herd<1 IN
| July, 1916, writes to that paper, tlat not long
before, some slaves near Oakland Cottage, Nils
s,ssippi, were emancipated by the will Of their
| master. For some reason, the will was not car
ried cut, and the Slaves, exasperated By the de-
lay, aud fearful Of being cheated cut of the
| property in themselves left them By their mas
Ter, set on fire the house Of !tle orerseer, and
white cbidwas lost i'll the flames. The incen-
diaries, eight or nine in number, were se'zeu by
| the neighbors, aud two Of th-m Immediately
hanged. The rest were confined in 4 log house
and chained to tho floor. 4 torch Was then put
to the building, and the miserable creatures
roasted by slow fire, while the air was rent
with their cries. This story, we grant, is not
authenticated By responsible name, and comes
only on the authority Of Northern paner,
which is not supposed to be capable Of telling
the truth on this subject. Of course, therefore,
| we cannot youch for its truth, but Gun only kay
that it was widely pub1's- ed at the time in the
papers vi the country, aad was never, TO our
knowledge, cpntradicied; nor DO we see why u
should tc doub:c cd, anr more than the ordinary
public intelligence TO which implicit crede1ce1 II
given on newspaper authority.
But let US come down to more recent IN
stances, and to papers that never lie: ut least
. on this topic. ~ hare just received, . writes I
| correspondent Of the Ne" Orleans Fc'yant
at Jackson, Mississippi, on the o5th Of Decenl
Der, 1865, s. the particulars Of q most horid af
, t ..fa1r just trauspred at Lexington, in thi
, | estate" A young lady Of the neighborhoo'
Was assailed, on a lonely road, By slave. VIII
attempted to violate her person. She wa
/, rescued, however, before he lad accompF'she
! his purpose, aud after being deposited in ptac
Of safety, the alarm was raised. and iiutt r.
: the negro, who bad fed, was instituted u
o | was soon found, aud execution was SPECIFY.
e was taken into Lexington, chuined to stak'
= and burned alive.
Il says: we learn that the negro " b" innrdese
C "Nr. Capeheast WAS burned to death ye.te'
d "day. at Mount Aeiss. Heacknowledsed hin
1t In 1856, Dr. Parsons Of Boston, . geu;'ema
t. of unque<tiouub!e character, published lit
" the Sumter {Ah~) 1rhiy an account OF IL scce1
&c burning Of u slave in Tint county. 'Uarc
N the slavc, belonged to James D. Thornton, "
ID accused of having murdered Il daughter Of
:, mistress. aud, nt,er bis arrest. canf.ssed Il
- guilt. Thornton aud his friends took him fro
le the jail By q stratagen,. and bore him oil
Of triumph. "They lett in hieh glee. sass q
NAg, aud carried their prisoner 10 the appei1
VI ed riuce OF sacrifice. Here he was "tied &c
tn stake. with fat, light~ood 1lltd around hin,a
ug tue torch was app:ie'l in inc presence OF Il
- Thousand persons, who had met there 10 witst
=, the novel scene" There were, it seems, SOL
Ia .nmors ahnat, that "Dave" was tortured. t
'at these, the Aig declares, were "uttesly untrat
a. | 50. burning alive is not torture in Alabail
- ! An inquiring mind, whichjs not srns.tive, miE
Wy seek to know what It Was
49, Dr. rar-oEs gives another instance which I
ID. cured not long before his visit in Georgia,
.,t particulars Of which lie rctcired from eJe-~
~ nesses. 4 slave hutI received from bs mtstr
cu sun,e punishment Of great severity, xhen
on- scz: d latches, and, a. he supposed; klllsd
ter though she afterwards recovered Oa conn
80. ting The deed, he at once TO tue Court llo
Ha anu surrendered hlmself TO Justice jus1ice
inc civilized countries would hare been hanSl
in In Georgia, It was this: The siarc was gi'
Tho to tile mob, who first gaEc him fifty lashes
'ne fnr five div 5 to prepare him for what was
follow On the following Sunday, he was tai
his frum the jAil, and suspended, naked. By his
lie hands, from the limb Of large oak tree. n
ati- tLe Court House. 4 fire made Of hard~I
BOD | shaviprs was kindfed beneath him, and 4"
VIC The clear, brish. flames quickly assembled, c.
in in. abuut the limbs, encircsi"s the body, sco'
.lr, the nerves. CRUSHING +nt AutcS- GuA4 su
his flesh-and, in mortal anguish; he was lin
1rs. | words Of an cye~wit1ess) sweating as it ~
nd. oreat drors of Llood" But before life was
and tirc!y extlnguished, the lungs, the heart,
) Of liver, were cut aud torn from the body, :.
tive kaircs fastened upon poles, aol with IL
of nuyeriug organs elevated above the crowd,
t Of execu,ioners shouted. q So shall it be don
III \ | 1he s]aye tlat murders hi5 mistress" Ii
[c- in t1,e year of our Lord Unc Thousand +
that | Hundred Eifiy five thut all this was done in
liut ,,rpseuce Of crowd Of from ten TO fifteen tt
ion sand persons -about 6Fe years eelnre the
the Wien, and six hundred miles from the ?
ers where. A,r, Davis denied that the South
and burned negro a!lrc.
lent On the III Of January, ISL, three years
n Of Mr. John Kingsley, If Portsmouth. Ohio, "
for to the .dn.i-S2dceJy Standard Of this city
t 10 he was the week bef"re in Carter County,
It of where he saw negro tied to Il stake. p'l
,sht .lry wood heaped ubont him. Il ID set on
il:cd Tie man belonged 10 one Nn- McNinnl
sor- | that county, ana Was suspected ct t!aau11l
snd insurrection He WIS first whipped, 70 Ia
inds but denied his guilt. Fire was then tried,
cred thouch not burned to death, be died next
Mr. Kingsley, uuab|c to 1emain aud witnrs
sut1erIngs vi the agonized creature, rcdc
mn,,r and attempted 10 excite the ueighbors to q
.9n'I cue, be Was tnld to mind his OWL business
~ .,,S 1 The Union Springs (Aia) t'az<fs3 Of til.
so: DECEMBER 1ss, eves 'hs particulars r nar ,;i e
pcrb lie Ind been whipped, and chained up from
only urdas to Sunday ano, whtm reieaseo y % n',
that tes' sel1eu .ant w. IT, asrane: and nm resis
have when taken, 4 public meeting Was c.lie
,ssrs. "Wednesday to conssaer t9e ease, aau ~
imous vote If the assembly i was rcsolr
buru him uiye. "Th4t esening." continue
Ga-ettt, "at ; o'clock, in t'e presence Il
a., ucrsons, he was chained to u tsee aud burr
!: ,:ot ~ Thcy closed those pleasant Christmas
,1ays Of 1865 in the same way IN Troy, NJ.
,o,r thc first DIV Of last yeaE, 1851, ut the ii
Eco negro sale a: Troy, Ar. james Calaxa.
brs,her. .in-'aw Of one Simon y. Thornhll,
a. 1e' il seems. had been murdered By slave
rer,ee for sonic punishment, mounted . h
ann the Street aud exhosted the people IN do 81
adesa, ;nstiee unon the murderer, aud c o.ed b,
s,e., inc. All that feel as do will i"!|'w
7 7 asts n, F;,ht hunarel or thousand fo!luwed
q TN. They went to the JAIL took out the pF's"1e'
- ". in 1e ia,t.ya,d lis. If drove down stal
GGts. wh;ch 1l,ry ch 4ined him halsds ard feet.
saiit wood u as piled around him, ard b
'1.cs Of ri, ershiy burned to death, lie gave"
:. Sex c'rresm,ndeut Of the Maysvil'e (hy.) !
ses ..souae uf the most hideous screams eTer
sEr1c come from any hu1nsn being: ,
3o1: This closes cur rccofo; 1"E VIC gave
1enrd If case Of slave burning III the
TON: S 1860. These which We have E'1en p
t,eSd,, course, only scattered cases; 1or the liz
onty c,mpfi@c those that Va eau turn !" re
:etah,e and with little search. Doubtless, manF
fh1L' have lcen published, nnd many hare Q, 1se
: q 4 which have never b:en published 81 all.
yery imnerfect as the list is, We sespee
/. De- srbruit It to Messrs. DaEis and GaFtreli: