Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11
NUMBER 41.
The Great Negro EXodns.


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o'".1s nave peeh "olc ny Nlo'sn'' anu III
'i"iiN't''oi 70 secure 'ne l'ii'i''I piep''!'
am :" 'f,'' u 'ieit "uiN'' ',o''- :.
lucy nave '''ii "'ie "y '"' Sno' su" fD'''
10 carry Tue ciee'ionS' anu eStaOii'n 'll''i
supremacy to their hearts content but
there Is one tiiins thcy cannot uo' Sihec
slavery mas pecn ahoil7hed' am tiias l. 10
eompei the blacks TO say "here u'cy are,
ucpri'el OIL their Po'itic"l anu l'f5''''''
rights Nlthln lew months l'is' "'ei
iour thouSlhl celoreu persons nave p's7cl
tnrouS 81 LOUIS On inc way 10 N'''i7'9
iioni i'u'SN''''' anu 4i'''i'SipPi INT 'o'.'
eAu1u7 rom 'iVSc '''''S 'ii''1y 'A''o''
','o'' anu Is o'','''ou'''I s'i' 'O"' '''' - ',i'
P'ih'crS' VINO Su'uehiy n''u themselves WIN
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mas many 'Si''lu'''S III '!' ''ut.' ",u
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ni'n' ".'.'" ''i' u'H'o'S 'i''' i'''i'eu nun
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a., ,arI III .tar -, :, -,
,to 80. g. A., a;-.,.;-c,.,io
and despair which have prompted this
..-,-,,., L., =; s,uI IT. ,,o,..,o, live
strange leap IN tne Cark. Inc negroes hlre
land of thc whites and nav their rent ont of
i'''' W 'AN "Lii'e7 '''iH f''I t'e'A N ~ "
tn, prnrrcls Of their cron= IL * n plrt of
the contract that they shall purchase sucn
.t.-I e.. A.. .-..
PTO'iSlOhS is thcJ necd from tnc o"neta u
the land and as thew make n free use of
thrir credit and haze M skill in aecOunts
they are apt 10 ind at the end oil the year
4, - n.
lilit tucT crops 10 NOV suLi;c " pay tHciI
hit1- Tbcv tbar tbinL- thot tLnv have heeD
s''' IL ''''''> '''' my '''''N
cheated, and when the season happens to he
bad they arc reduced to dcplOrlblc destitu-
uOh anu "rttchCuhc'--
Tho rnfr,rc, oro mast If thcp, ,itiablv
Destitute and but for cnnerOus relief piyen
-,
to them by the cOlOred population OF st.
-, ~, ~ -,
LOUIS, they would have suffered terribly.
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Inc -. LOUIS ''-D'"''FW prints
oli;I,r;t, Of , I,-,o ,,,,Lc- Of tho omi
"'''H''''' VI 81 MS H''N'o' VI '"' '''i'
grants touchin- the rclsOns which induced
them t1 leave their old homes The follow
ing arc samples
Tbou,. c,rro1, testified. Ib,v. beon living c,r
the past few years in WashinSton county, Miss;
the white folks treated bad that lo:t there
all Democrits; the whites won't let the coloTed
s e9mo S't 10 the ' 5S would G.e srm9 to pre-
vent U. coming there. About six months ago the
% a IRON ~ tLe goup n.y. Of 5q hm W. Inf a
whites would not allow " to vote unlcss we voted
ihe democratic ticket. They bulldozcd the color
in to K1rsls 10 i've on a farm. lam not soin..
back South, because can't get my rights there.
IN IN - rI'i 1TS EN- S n o ot T'
it. They would not allow US to express our rights
even when we Anew them. have Niie ana ninr
10 Kansas
Henry Jackson, being duly sworn, testified,