Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-04-19
swamp Life at the South.

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picture Of Southern slave ne .orevb,t ARE
rbs re.der4 or - D,adn viII ,,c,l Ia, ,bis ,-r
ralive. some Of the legure. Of That lrmsIl .rie
work The trutbm,pes. of ,be.e .t4f4n.a,.ts can
he entirely relied an
While taking ,ls esr.u, of Csrty Island l,.t
.,i,nmer b,ctne ,co,a;,,.d a.-1 r-Ir .,d
HE e. uho Rad co,oe TO-, S,g,ll c.,,-,,..g.
nrey ously. and f.om qbon I o1a,.'5 tne flo@.
mo rar,.t,,.s
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who u n,ol mo N er,or ,bs oEi.., M ~, ,..,t
and ask. d.
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~ he !, n,., I'M, at the doo,
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name 2r
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ION Of ast Narcb
Oaeof the mouiries to he made ,o. C. tI,r
long have ,ou been in the tioion lines - Ra,
yer1 ofsn The contr,h,nds AM nof nnd,r.,1cd
the question. 40 | a.ked. q Hos lorg i've ,og
been from, bome 3" Tn = hon. !. ,ts. fern, ,ey
GENERALLY ,nuly In ,bei, ,l.ec cf ,hCde ,,,,h ,ls,
ma,,et,
He ,r>o,,,d O. Foo, ,o,r.o
S,n,o.,n, .r.,t be ni-,nd.,.,,,d r,o g.. 10,
had no. baen ,b,, IapgIb - ,i,os .ircs the vs,
connsnced Ig.ked . IIo,, l,,,, b.ro ,.nn No..
uIb ,b1 Tn.o, srn, 81
d" Ever ,ipce thew eama ,o Sngok I.,.fc
Dism,l Saamp tht-e ye,,s and uben 10
thai the YANKEES had come IN Suaoik / want
with them and have been win ,b.rn ever sincs :,
WHAT did ,ou live u,.o in ths sa,mn ?"
80. alwa,s had enop,b 10 ear, killed
'eoons. 'nos,ums and hears and used IN oct Wild
honey. lived we'll. sigaX. b,, enough % cat -
WHY did Won run avay from ,ops rss,sr ~
B,e,use he v,s>o had c,ni1n', U,. Min
him. He generally hired me- ont down Sou,b
and | oply came home AT Cbri.tm,s Bn, thai
wear he said could suit others and had rot TO
STAY at come and suit him. stood il as l5pp as
| could. Us,aore he would kiu me. so | ran
away. Ma,tsr Vas 40 had that every boy osd
,irl he had would run away as soop as tbey vs,e
big enonsb A liule oil only ,u.lye ye,rs old
once stai1 auay two months IN the tore mart n,
tho season living ON preen bsrfie, mr. vb,is,er
al,a sbo oenld ne, ar5 was ,l,,os, .,,,v,J ,r,s,,
sbs was snnJ 1be s,sr lime ever .,u ,b,,
,ror,,r s,id he ,o;n,;r,, IN ,bs one - ubon, /
b,d .noLsr g sb, ras l., 9,e .ror,, ". aorssd
Z "a live tngsthgr IN condition that ehn was "a Fp
onIy vbs5 md where aid 80 We c,r,sd
there in tho swamn Onr c,,,pn ba called /,
,,o .bonld c,ll /, bp, ~ c,h.n uas hr,l, in ,bs
ua,s, and Allied in hlocks ot wood Cor aoor
so os n Losn ahove tbe water a,d many ,i,,e
I h,ve hod m cot nm in rho niobt and ',s;.e nm
nv he'd 80 as 10 keen from gei,ing wet. Bn,
AWAY, when we senned out Of the door pe
u.nt from, k,cs deem n vai., deem IN ua,sr
!, n NO, 10, my. vii, Oh cn, mnch and she 90, so
g, seec,,ld 6.,diy MI u.sd 10 co,ch a.
80 ,hon, an, - ,ho colors6 s,n,;i;o. min, an
So o,J sw,, ,hon, -, nal .nd s,ob ,bings
/ ro,ted wi,b men ,yl y voro ,.,,;r, sb;nc'ssi, !,
,ha .gar,n'ard ,bey nssd n GO, ,hi, ss tor mo
:. oar c.. ro,t bad ,,,o snns ,,s;lo ,ba,o
/" and r. conI aIaa,. 90, neot aSon.b .Iw',,
G had % nIon,, - -,
r'," o',,,os;,Y h,;r,. ,ar,;,ll, ,,,,;eoA i, ~,
eu'',o All a a. i%s roo";!o5 .u iaor;r.. soi
"a ,ts oS ~. oh;tran h,,, y, $40 80
80 ,ba, cn,, so ,oan, -,
hi, .wsmr vile WAS NO, Tho mo,hsr of them al
and a.ksd some one.,icrs 10 ,bo, sfrec,
40. have two viy,s.n said he. q You see
ion ,ba, voran - ,oin,;n, 10 a s;ct uonan si,.
,;n, no,, :, sna btr cb;If,en M, ,be country a.1
as nsrer ;,,ena,d IN ON hsrk IN m, mas'er
n.rsr ovnsc,cd ~ 90. he, a,s;n 90 tool III,
momao .,r' Rn, absr won, ,o Sng,lt .bs be,,d
., ,ho,a ana ems ., a,s vith ssysn children
Sho ., ~, 49," ;,o and and cn"ld ro' ,"rn bSr an
so goro jons ,le hes, conld IN mks c,re nt
,S.m "' bos hosn ~ r,s,,v hard scr,tcbins, I'm,
boys % %, sIons r ia, 20 rsr worked At SutsIk nm /
% r", .%s and and van, w M IN so IN work agsin as soon
as ' oS, ,a'1' / VEL ' W
ies6s,as,d le,ypsd other p,r,ieulars from I'M,
s,reand hi. wife. and n ie,low srr,anr' ue aid
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