The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-18
Aorrors Of Slarrrp.
EMANCIPATED SLAVES,
Brought from New Orleans by
Col. George n. Hank.
EXPLANATORY.

master at one time, and came into the
Union camp, He has been branded on
his forehead with the initials Of his own
cr's nancy. b. Mas shown in the
cut. Thirty others Of the company were
branded in the same manner with a hot
iron; three Of them In the forehead, aud
the rest on their breasts or arms. The
old man has seen much of sorrow In this
world, but is mild ard calm under Il all,
except he could hardly stand still long
enough to have his "picturc" tnkcn, when
he thought that he is free. He has ON
the regular "buttcrnut colored" slave
Jacket or roundabout, coarse 0s horse
blanket, aud that extending down to his
hips.
?. CHARLES TAYLOR, the boy next in
order, is about eight years old. lie was
taken from Virginia with his mother, aud
sold in New Orleans. The man who
sold him and his mother to the slave
trader was his father. The man who
bought him in New Orleans was a
Seccssiouist, Of course, and fled when
our army took possession of the city,
leaving little "Charlcy" and his mother
behind. Charles has been in the schools
for "colored" () children in New Or
leans only about six months, but is vesy
smart, aud can read and write quite well.
IIe will 90 back to New Orleans, and
bids as inir to becom an intelligent and
great man as any little boy who may
read this account.
8. AUGUSTA BRoUJEy, the little girl
in the white dress, is about nine years
old. Her mother, though almost white,
was a slave, and so, by the laws of Lou.
isiana, Augusta was slave also. Her
owner also was her father. She is n
bright aud playful little girl, and very
polite, but can not read yet, as she
has been in school but few days.
4. Just back of Augusta stands NARY
JOHNSON, who came on TO New York to
help take care of tho children. She is
about thirty five, we should think, md
was cook in gentleman's" family in
New Orleans, who owned her of course.
On her left trm at the elbow are the
sears Of three cuts given by her mistress
thfse ,Hencs iong, aud q afhhGo, 'an "hwa
wide, On her back ore the scars, small
aud great, Of more than fifty cuts with the
rawhidc. They were laid upon her ma
ked body by her mustcr's own hand. The
Grim was this: il seems that these South
ern Gentlemen" have coffee taken to
their rooms before they rise in the morn
ing. The usual time was five o'clock, but
Mary oversight herself u little; her fire
did not work well, and she was some half
an hour behind time. This she admits
and for this the skin other back was cut
into ribbons! Delicate Us IL may seem,
we asked permission to see the effects OF
the terrible scourging, and, therefore,
speak of what our own eyes witnessed
AS the Union army approached she fled
from her brutal master, and has since
that time been serving Col. HANKS for
wages as cook. She is modest, good
dispositioned and faithful woman, md al
much entitled to the freedom she now er
Joys, and 10 pay for her labor as any Whit
woman In America.
8. Just in front Of Mary stands IsAA'
WHITE, or little "lkcy." us they call him
See how strait he stands-his side, AM
his right tucked into the breast Of hi
jacket. Well, "lkcy" is about eigh
years old, aud has been in school si'
m )nth and three weeks, and we ventur,
to say that not one white boy in fifty
with the sa me opportunities, can read a
well as he can. In public meeting il
Prof. Mattison's Church in New York
: he read several verses out of new boo
which he had not before seen, to the as
tonishmcnt Of all who heard him. The.
gave him money to buy him nice littl
oyercoat (for he had none), and he vii
90 back to New Orleans with the rest O
the company. If "Ikey" lives, he will
one duy make his mark in the world,
6. Next to "Ikey" stands REBEcc.
+ HUoER, a bright little girl of eleven years
How beautifully her hair curls He
mother was favorite house servant Il
New Orleans, and slaye, and so Re
becca was a slave also. She does no
know who was her father. She is In
school in New Orleans, when at home,
beautiful speller, can read we'll, and
studying geography. She writes bu
poorly yet. Her master, also, ran awe
! from the city when the Yankees too
possession, and left Rebecca and he
mother to freedom and the Stars an
s ripes.
z. RosIsA Dowss, who has hold {
Rebecca's arm, is six years old. He
mother, too, was house slave, and q
Rosina was slave. She has sist'
Us white as she Is. aud three brothers VII
are darker. Her mother, who cann'
|, read word, is a respectable woman, an
a does ell she can for her five children, b.
9 she lives in poor hut in New Orlean
and has hard work to support then
With heavy heart, she told Col. Hank
as he left with Rosisna, that II he lie
: with Rosina, that IL he could find son