Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-02
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OF the equality of the negro IN his night to
marry into the white race.
| Gould was q colored man, and before
founding Gouldtown was in love with Il Dung
| white girl. This is supposed to haNs IN
ducei the remarkable theory which he volv-
| ed. Gould at the time OF this love aiihr was
residing in Camden, where he marrl' / the
girl and where he started to inaugura his
theory of equality. He soon found ether
negroes who had similar designs NJ fe-
males OF the white color, ana when the! we're
sonsummated Gould and few others, ii'end-
less and penniless, started TO dig livel iood
ont of South Jersey land The place they
selected was indeed Jersey Sahara. WIZ tner
they paid for the land Is not known.
From time to time the settlement lncr,a ied
by the addition of the negroes who had r,!.en
unto themselves white women as wives he
otlsprings of these people were, of cru 1e,
mulattoes some of whom remained at G. i'd
town and intermarried, and others soa hit
matches elsewhere so that in the irui .an
OF time white men joined in wedlock AIth
mulattoes and mulattoes joined with v hIte
women. This state of affairs passed on until
to-day the colony presents mixed condition
OF society.
The young people OF the town are Nry
light in color, but there is no difficulty IN
Distinguishing the negro blood IN the tea
lures of the lightest. The men are mostly
strong healthy-looking and the girls hand
some. Their hair grows long and thick and
is worh after the old style OF making top
knot on the back of the head. They are
tidy and simple in their dress, and polite and
attentive in manner and particularly cour-
teous to the stranger who may pass through
their lonely settlement.
There are two extremes, however. III the
IS tla tln tha fttr
are beautiful in face, OF medium height and
symmetrical in proportions, there are others
who are repulsive to the gaze. These are
the results of marriage between close rela-
tives. Their offspring are diminutive and
crippled in form, with withered and hard,
bony faces, small heads and smaller and Use
less brains sunken eyes, with vacant eX-
preston as human beings, harmless and
useless, and altogether deplorable specimens
OF humanity.
Honesty is one of their strongest charac-
terlstics in fact dishonesty is hardly known
among them. During school hours a basket
of candies is left in the corridor of the
school-house by a woman -peddler, who brings
it from Brdgeton. She marks the price OF
the candy and other knick-k -knacks in the bas-
ket, and goes back to town. About the close
of school time she returns, and always finds
in the bottom of the basket an equivalent in
money for the candies taken.
In the school as much attention is paid to
the incubation of good moral principles as
is devoted to that OF books. Most OF the
children learn readily, and some at the age
OF II are studying Latin. On Sunday after
noon every member of the village, big and
little, unless prevented by sickness, must at
tend church. The forms OF religion are as
simple as their habits. They subsist by till
ing their soil, md manage to grow enough
to support them comfortably with very little
left for exchange purposes.
Among the peculiarities OF these people is
their fondness for long and distinguished
names, such as George Washington jackson
Buchanan. The father OF large family
boasts of the name of Daniel Webster Clay,
and recently attached Charles Sumner TO 1t.
This attachment was accomplished in novel
way. The fathers in the town were called
together by means of little posters pasted on
the fences, aud the man whose name ended
with Clay announced officially that hence
forth he would be known as u. ". c. Charles
Sumner. After this announcement they
were all permitted to drink glass OF water
from silver cup, handed down from the
time Of John Gould, and this legalized the
CHANGE