Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-04-21
NUMBER IS.
"REMINISCENCES OF SLAVERY.

tim,re Cemetery. Green wns only an
o.d color,d mau, WIN, since the close of
the war, In, led the quiet lie of house
>ervut, but who, previous to that, had
undergone experiences winch probably
have no parallel in the history of any
other man. lie WIS ,eArn'y TX years
old ut the tme ut his death, was mtm-
her of the Otchud street church, and
had borne a character for mithtunrss and
honesty, Tor which the old man is per-
htps now rcuping bis reward. liz 1855 he
was living In Dorchester county, where
he had previously been owned 10y gem
tlemn whose nmiv aro >till living in
that section and whose unmrs are we'll
known. 1t was period whcn all sorts
OF rumors were prevalent ot II revolt
among the slaves, aud the greatest care
was taken not To- u low any Considerable
number of negroes to cougrgatr togerhor
either for religious or social purposes.
Naturally, any slave thNt could reud was
looked upon with considerable suspicion,
and it was not iutcQucnt :hNt searches
were mndr ot the nrgtn qWuters for sedi-
ti'u. ptmphlets or p,p'r~, my quntity
OF which for So the nuri-snve,y ducu-
mrnts wcre considered -wcro then Gott-
ing through The country.
Unclc sam, being FREQ man, had tho
mi fortune t know how to rwd, aud So
his cnhin WIS one day eparchrd tu litera-
ture Of nm mllnminatu,y uHtuse, which
wos found, the same being the nuvol of
"Uuclr Toms Cabin" 1t cnn he un-
dcrstuod hoW this story of Harriet Beech
er Stowe wns regarded at jhpt time, when
it Is emlcd thnt hnd uu Internal mnehine
for blowing up white folks churches been
found instead, the excitement could have
been no gronter. GA Uucla sam was
urrcsted,A true bill VIVA found ngoinst
him, and on an Indictment for having in
hi- possession ".cdtiou- aud iuccudlory
documents cnlcuhtcd 10 disturb the pub
lie peace and destroy tho welfare" ETC.,
or wo,ds TO That effect, he was brought to
uhl. The rilrucr in the cn-e was 10
tho effect that Uncle sam hod this dam
gerous book in hi. possessiln Tint inct
was not denied by !he od mnu, who
stood up in the dock aud attempted to
justify hi- pos-cssiau thereof hy trying TO
show that there wa. nolhng hurlul in
the volumo. It. was shown, however,
TINT UucIc Tom had dtlcd Logrce, md
set u bud cAnmblc 10y DIVING for principle,
aud th,t George Iln,ris lad made good
hi- G cnpo and wo- hnppy in Canada, mud
that Classy had held her mn-trr's word Mt
open d"Gnucc md u'cd him, too all Of
which, it wo- ,ni'l, must hnvc had cf-
feet up,t the slaves, who. would thereby
be induced to emulate The rNump'e aud
follow in foot tcp, Of these fictitious chnr-
meters. Aud SO Uncle sun, then tlrce
score years old, WINS found guilty, sem
fenced to i've years IN the Sbte Peuiten-
tiary, TO which pncc he wn. at once con-
vcycd, aud Dorchester county was ut
pence, for II had I'D itself ofn dangerous
(?J mnn aud tnught lesson TO MI ne
groee that could rcnd not to gnther infnr
nation or pleasure from the pagcs Of" Un-
clc Toms Cnbn."
Uncle sun ~ a convict Displayed tho
same trnt- # chntnctcr which had dis
tiogui-hcd him previously. Faithful to
bi- duties obolnnt to discipline md re-
spretrul and courteous to the officers ia
churgo, be won the confidence # his
Keeper. TO such nm extent that h. wa nI.
lowed moro liberties han biz compan o >
IN mi fortune, and iudeprpd,nt Of tle
stigma which ntlnched to the striped
suit be wore, he has nlway- spoken Of the
two years be spent in prism. ms compar-
o'ive]y harpy ones. A movement wns
then nude toohain his paidon mud nc
cordiug, when in bis .ixiy-sccoud ycnr,
Executive clmcocy was extended TO him
upon the prnvi-ion that he would o. 10
Conadn. Th- was accepted by the oil
man, aud purse having been sub.cribcd
the old fellow with bic wfo, who sur-
wives him, AID who supplied The writer
the dclni's of thie history, Ten for London
Ontario, whore they remaincd until tho
Emancipation Proclamation put the ar-
fairs Of li'o ia Il different ighl Gr Uuce
5am, and be coue bacl, to Morylnnl md
settled in Bal imore. lii vile, old Aunt
Eliza lives Ia the northeastern pnrt or
Dhe city. Her husband lcil her n littls
sum which win keep her from wnnt dur
ing the remainder Of her days. "Yes,
'oh, 80 mid She tolhe reporter, "he war
good ole man TO me, nud his souls in
glory, .uah. It.. clad in cont Of ,hinin'
gold, and he's mn ole man, but thnt thar
souls ms sprigitly and clipper singin'
around d" throne and pra-n' the Lam
OF Goodness a- any pcoaninuy's.' .'-Bat.
Gmore Ame,ican.