The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-24

to those negroes who voluntarily returned 10
their masters plantation with the hope Of free
ing their ". YES or children. An instance OF this
kind il WORTH citing on account OF the singular
cunning cvinccd by the returning slave. JIM
we are informed. was II quick-wiued chat
tel the property OF man living IN
Kentucky. Alter spending some months
alone in Canada he made up his
mind to fetch his wife and children. and. ac-
cordingly. his master was greatly surprised one
morning to- s,e his M issing slave come walking |
NJ from the negro quarters as II nothing had |
happened. Jim came forward with low bow, |
aud stood before him as humble ns a whipped |
dog. In answer to the volley Of hard names |
that greeted him. Jim explained that
thought wanted to be free. massa. but soon
found that Canada was no place for niggers;
1t - too cold. and mean white folks cheat poor
niggers out Of their wages when they hrcthcm.
| got sick Of being free, massa. and wished
| was back on the old plantation. And those
people called abolitionists that met on the way
are n mean set of rascas. too. They get all the
work out of n Niger they can. and never pay
him for it.. | tell you. Massa. they are moan
folks" BY this story Jim seems to have COM
plctcy won his masters confidence. who
opined that he would make a capital mission
airy; but the nature Of his propaganda was
better Understood u few months later. when he
succeeded in getting his wife and children. to-
49, ni,t ~. .i,..,r
m, iorrs ., Indiana Iuipoie md Ohio al
,,,1 ,,,,,,s iron, slo vn state 10 mss through
,,,,h ,hoir siovca n thcv did NOT sion 10 loente
should ,bcv n,n,c any nurchosea however
construed Ms amounting to location. the slaves
were to Boz considered free. How tho abolition
lists awaited themselves OF this statute may
bee illustrated by the following case: Two
hro,hers from MARYLAND by tho name Of
Dawes wore on their way 10 Missouri each ac-
,,,,roui.1 hv bis fon,ilv and ono slnve Girl
vbon ,hov vcro connelled Nv ulnoss f.
s,or In Rondolrh county Indiana. They de-
eilcd a. r.sido th.rc and IN bnv n tan
yard I'm, beforo tho rouors were signed
they w.re wnrnod TO dispoee Of their
sl,vos or1 oc.ordinglc set ont for Kontnckv
iniondin., to soil them in that state. They mad.
Tho n .,nke. however. Of contracting for "A lot
of t,,n bark md for some household furniture.
which I'm Inv, amounted to lo.ntion. ard the mo-
mont ihnv did so the slayes were free While
tbev wore unssin., through Newport with two
Girls hidden in tho back part Of a wagon. Io,i
Cooin ,vho had b,on aupri,.l Of the faots had
,h,n arrDs,o1 ns ktdnnnper-. Tho ros,lt wn4
,b,, IN, Ncssrs D,,rss ,vsr. Glad T., NAL, ON,
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niarv Iiol.,f,v decided ,o s..l somo II his
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