Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-16


after the War ana Sold Into SlGUery In
Cuba.
Washington Miss Gazette.
In 1863 Gen. Pemberton commanded at
this point. Colonel Hemingway owned q
faithful slave-Peyton by name. noted
negro fiddler, known for miles around, and
highly respected by both black and white.
When his young master, W. Lynn Heming-
way, at present State treasurer of Mississip.
pi, Joined the old Carroll Riaes,'' he took
Peyton along as trusted servant. He went
with him into Virginia and returned home
in 1868. In February or March of that year
faithful spy was needed to visit the federal
gunboats then coming down the river on
Fort Pemberton. Peyton at once under
took the mission, and representing him.
self as fugitive slave to the commanders
of the boats was we'll received. Being
bright far beyond the ordinary, he managed
to secrete their official papers, maps, etc.,
and escaped with these documents to Fort
Pemberton. After the fall of Vicksburg, in
July following, Peyton went with his young
master again to Virginia, where he remained
until the surrender of Gen. Lee. The form
or being compelled to comply with the for
malities of the surrender, sent Peyton ahead
of him TO his home, near Corroliton, Miss.
On his way, however, he was betrayed to the
enemy by some confederate as the spy
who had deceived them above Fort Penn
berton. was captured and carried In irons to
New York, thence to Cuba, and sold as q
slave together with many others. The yes
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gunboat. In Cuba he worked as slave in
factories for nearly fifteen years, being en-
tirely cut off from all communication with
home and friends. He made seven attempts
to escape from bondage, all but the last, of
course, being unsuccessful. Finally he
found an American vessel, commanded by
Southerner, to whom he related the history
Of his capture, enslavement and forced exile,
and begged to be returned to his home and
family. The captain secreted him in the hold
of his vessel, carried him to Costa RIGA,
thence to New York. Peyton then worked
his way to Virginia, where a number
of ladies raised the means to re-
turn him to his home after an absence of
seventeen years. He reached Wlnona,
Miss, on the 10Th of April 1880. PeYton
says that numbers of mulatto women are
being constantly sold in Cuba as slaves.
Northern men marry them, take them to
Cuba, "on a bridal tour and there sell
them as cooks and fancy house servants.
He saw one sold last fall, by the man who
married her, for $500; and further, that as he
came through Cincinnati on his way home
he saw the man, who recognized him, who
sold her in Cuba. The facts above given are
from one of the most reliable and response
BILE gentlemen in Mississippi, written to a
distinguished member of Congress from that
State. Closing the letter, he says of Pey-
ton:
"He was delighted to again meet his wife,
who had married in his long absence; though
her second husband was drowned several
months ago. Hence he found her widow.
With both husband and wife it was like a
return to life from death. Peyton is an ex-
ceedingly intelligent negro, and says he can
hardly realize the changes that have taken
place. He left his children babes, and finds
them married and with children of their
own.''
If any one doubts the truth of this story
he or she can write to Capt. B. f. Jones,
Winona, Miss, or to G. Y. T. Merriwether,
Oakland, Yalebusha county, same State.