The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-17
A NEGROES ATTACK ON HAMPTON.
The Old Falsehoods About Whipping,
RlOod. HOunds. ODDreSSiOn. Slavery.

The Chicago Inter Ocean has been interview
ing oneJohn Jackson, an intelligent contra
band just arrived in that city from Charles
ton, and gives this narration. Jackson wa
Columbia, sc. In the year 1886 his master
Charles A. Logan, sold him to Wade Hamp
ton, for 3 800. The ex.slave describes til
Governor Of South Carolina as u very hart
master, cruel and relentless, treating hi
slaves rs inhunanly as dldany of the Lesree
of Southern chivnlry. On one OCCASION, nc
rs ccachman TO Hampton, was currylng hi
horses in the stable when his owner entered
Taking a handkerchief from his pocket h
passed IL over q horses hide, and, finding tn,
q blow that sent HIM rCeling 10 the ground,
At Hampton's plantation, known as "Gads
dcn's Turnout" there were some 20 slaves
who were worked early aid late, and for al
man, and had u colored subordinate, know
as 1.-The driver,' whose duty II was TO turn tn
negroes out before daybreak, keep them q
work under the lash during the day, and keel
' watch with q leach OF blood hounds at nlgh
TO prevent escapes. .
After the war things changed In nnme onl.
with the slaves OF South Carolina. Their con
dition was, according to this witness, changes
very little from the days when the lash wa
the strongest argument and tho bloodhount
the last court Of appeal. Before leaving MI
Hampton's plantation he witnessed the fog
cling OF q colored woman by q white overseel
and further states that the colored women Q
the Hampton mansion were frequently WniI
ped Mt the request OF the white yOuDg lauies
and for the most trivial causes.
But you get paid for your labor nowadays
"Yes;," said Jackson, with q sardonlc smile
explains that each freedman Is engaged Z
work for wages, at nom SIS 10 $50 q month an'
board. When the laborer asks for money tn
overseer will tell HIM That he has none =
H. L.. I.A a., 1Is~z ~ lnrcD on fhn nIO
tation store, where the poorest articles ar
sold at the highest prices. Jackson gave som
specimens OF prices current, which. neve
vary: Potatoes at $3.50 bushel; meal Sl.U
bushol: flour ut sl0IO q. barrel, molasses, 4
cents u pint; IS to 10 cents a pound for sugar
and 50 to So cents pound for bacon, and 4
cents to 81 for ham. Dry goods are sold on
like scale-75 cents per yard for calico, whicl
sells hero for 70 cents. II the unfortunate Ia
borer should reject this method OF giving IIG, y
and Is punished with the cowhide.
With his OWL labor Jackson raised lou
bales Of cotton, for wh ih; sh his emp nod b, o
S25 cash and promised" the balance, which !
unpaid to this day. This Is not an exception
nj case; the recdman cannot get an nones
wage or honest treatment from the white me, me,
to leave the plantations they are compelled U
sell their live stock a merely nominal prices
and arc glad enough TO escape with thei
lives.
or his W escape from the embraces Of
solid South" the facts make thrilling story
the proofs Of his sutierings being borne OF
his own body.
About 10 o'clock one June morning no ask
cd the ovcrseer, one William Pickett. for tn
cash balance due him from Hampton. Tn
balance was paid In kind by the oversecr tie
ing the Governors creditor by the arms 20
tree, and lashing his back till 1t was drenchet
with blood. When the overscer was tlret
with this new way to pay wade Hampton.
debts, he drove the creditor into the field u
work. Sick and sore, with his back fcsterint
from the lash, the victim labored through IN
weary hours till the darkness gave an opp0T
tunity for the prosecuted wretch TO turn M
face to the land whose people believe that ~
mainly Is better than "honah, sab = ana ITO
erty to men OF all races Is the truest chlValry
Five miles from "Massa Wade's" place he me
Il friendly colorcd omar who washed NJ
SCARED back INT gave ointment to heal IN
soreness. Journeying from her shanty he Eel
asleep, and was aroused by the deep-monthet
baying OF "nigser dogs as he calls the bloot
hounds. Then enSned q race for dear LIE. IL
battle the four-leggcd brutes he took TO tn!
creek, and wadcd far enough to accomplish
that purpose. All of one long, dreadful n)gh
he fought Oft the dogs, and early next day
hid In a freight car, and By short Journeylng
at night arrived ut Charleston.
Jackson declares the colored peopio ar
anxious to leave for Kansas, but are CLOSELY
watched and punished by tho white men,
Detroit Erenin0 Meas.