The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-15

Iney UcCdue oupoldt0, Ho1al, duO Religions
setting an example that was observed and ID
mired by all. They performed for me mors
labor, and better labor, than slaves usuaIn
perform, and, in addition to that earned mona.
enough to buy themselves. From tie tirs
the experiment began to its completion, BESIDE
paying for themselves, they gained for NJ
money enough to enable me to buy gapp ~
slaves, nearly t,Vice their number, at the nri
ces in South Carolina and Virginia. This
state from exact account kept by me, which !
am ready to attest to, in the most solemn
manner, at any time"
The steadiness and industry Of these slaya.
attracted attention in the neighborhood ami
also in tho adjacent city of New Orleans
where twenty or thirty of them were let on,
to work, under the superintendence Of heal
bricklayer, named Jim.
The public were not informed of the stmn.
lus which prompted these slaves to such IN.
usual activity and diligence. Perhaps Mr.
McDonough did not consider it prudent :,
have much talk about it. Such experiments
prove too much they interfere with the es.
tablshed policy of slaveholding society, aud
consequently are generally viewed with d..
appreciation, which sometimes manfests Itself
in inconvenicut ways. Among those whose
attention was attracted by these slaves was 4
Mr.. Parker of New Orleans.
"What kind o! people are these of yours
said he to Mr.. McDonough. Il never saw
such people. They are building house
next door to me, where [ can have my ewes
upon them from morning till night, and they
are always at work. DO tell me whore tncy
livc?'
They live on the opposite side Of the rlv.
er, where do" replied Mr.. McDonough.
i" and when they are employed in New Or,
leans. they cross the river every night and
morning.
Why, Sir, am an early riser said Mr..
Parker. I am usually up before day. Bu,
every morning they wake me with their sing
ing and the noise OF their troweIs. They
work as long as they can sec to lay brick
and after that they carry up bricks and MGR.
tar for an hour or two, so as to be ahead Of
their work the next morning. They never
walk up and down those immensely long lad.
ders, five SORES high they run up ana
down all day. If there was white overseer
driving them whip III hand, | could under.
stand 1t. But there is nobody over them anu
| never saw you at the building That jim
must 90 IL great man, Sir, | should like to
own him.
lie had previously made successive offer
for jim, and finally offered $4,000, which
was refused.
Mr. McDonough says:
Mr.. Parker was not aware Of TIE slim.
uous that was acting on the heart Of each
and every one OF them. He did not know
that it was the whole body OF them taat
moved together as one mind that it was
not merely the greatness Of the head man a.
he supposed
In order duly to estimate the power Of the
motive which stimulated these slaves, tbs
reader must bear in mind the hard terms he,.
master made with them, and the long yeaI,
they were working, with hope deferred. II.
dcd to this, was the fact that freedom Wa,
coupled with the penalty of Punishment ron
home and friends. Shareholders do not ike
the presence Of emaucipatei slaves aroun4
them 1t makes other slaves uneasy Con.
sequently, whea they had worked out hci.
freedom, they were obliged TO 60 Liberia
Negroes are remarkable Tor strong Local al.
tacnments and powerful indeed must be tie
motive, either OF fear or hope, that can IL.
duce them to leave the scenes to which they
have been long accustomed.
Yet, with all these drawbacks, their leal
was filled with gratitude to the man who had
granted them the boon Of free ION, though he
had made by the transaction good deal Q.
money which rightiuliy belonged to them.--
On the 9Th Of June, 1912, they sailed for
Liberia. Their last words, when they parted
with MIR. McDoaoug his other slaves, were
AS you hope 10 meet US in heaven, take
good care OF Our beloved MASTER
In the island of Jamaica, the emancipated
slaves had to contend with difficulties Of al.
sorts. Their masters We're deeply in de5t al
inc Time OF emancipation they were eX'
ceed'ngy reluctant TO give up their Old hao-
Its OF despoilsm they paid their !aborer'
the lowest possible wages, and chaygel
them the highest possible rents The wage
OF tnr emancipated slaves were from Is {.
- cents day, out OF which they boarded
themselves yet IN four years they bOugnt
ana and erected buildings, 10: which they
PAID 1858, $50. During that short perez
Oh freedom, they bought and paid for 100,
UUU acres nj land IN which thav ,vorDod i'll.