St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
The Southern Negroes.

The Southern Negroes
"NIGGEH DAY IN An ALABAMA TOWN.
Huntsville tNlat Letter To New York Timr-
immediately after the war the no
-ior> of the South. desiring II" doubt
to hc fully assured that they were THEN
own masters and could dn a> they
I pleased. came INTO the country towns
from the plantations and spent much OF
thrir time in idly l"lliug about tie.
steps of the court -hou>c and other
count, buildings. or in li>llr>>lN Wam-
/ driiuy tiHouuh the streets. That they
. ruIIid do th> seemed Ia thciI Simpi,
minds t" hc positive proof thlt lhct
were free Aiirl Il time. hoNc,"I. th,.N
began To discover that they could uul
. live without work. and hat the only
work which th,l knee, how To- do WIS
to hr found in the country. toiI>c-
pnrutll they returned To- the plauta
tI"u>. and il MANY respects To their
t"llncr modes of life. Sill. the old
love for visiting the towns remained.
and they fell int" the habit "t lraNiu-
their work on saturdays. and comm"
into the villages and small cities uralc~t
their homes. Here in north AlahI-
ma this custom prevails among all
CLASSES of c"lorcd people. On Saturday
morning they crowd int" lluut>\ili" lay
. h"udrcd~. take pn>~'>>Inm ot all the
| l"t~lu'>~ streets and -rnr,-~. and, - tn"
Nmtr pc"pI, keep entirely al""t and
/ ladies aIc seldom seen on th" streets.
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win them ,s to ,hr folly ot thri, ,nur,,
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yiurrd. and when removed ln, th,i,
.xtrlyarancr and imrroyidrucr thci,
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NAY fen and often Twelve dollars = Ioo,
r Ia. il m, n.,tur.I r,.suIt ,f thi- cuI
pable thounhtIe,suess is that YEAR IL,
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