Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-05

them to Canada, and distributed tneu
among the fugitive slaves who had set
tied there. finally sold my farm and
moved to Canada to live. l helped the
fueitives all / could then, and went
South frequently to get for them their
freedom. For this purpose alone l
expended about So 90 of my own money
:Once, while in Oberlin. was
asked to 90 before q meeting which was
presided over by DR.. Morgan. l made
q bad mess of my grammar in trying to
make a speech, and was laughed at
several times. spent about one year
in Oberlin. While there the slave
catchers came after me, and l was
taken with my brother to New York,
and was left with Lewis Tappin.
While there l spoke at several meet
inRs, and at one in Brooklyn. The
hall was crowded to its utmost capac-
itv. went from there to Boston, and
made my home at Cambridgeport for
seven years or more, and made my
home while there with Deacon A. d.
Stafford. brother .in.law of Mrs. Stowe.
During this period I canvassed the
whole Of the New England States. l
was married the second time ia Detroit,
Mich. in 1860. During the war re-
turued to Canada and remained there.
NV second wife died in Oberlin, Feb
ruary %, 1876, leaving me with nine
children. want to try my hand at
lecturing, but am COMPELLED to remain
at home and educate my children.
My oldest girl, Matte. is teaching
school in Washington, Ind, at present.
How long have you known Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Slower"
swell, about thirty.eight years. She
came nearly every year to see me while
lived in New England"
"What points in Uncle Toms
Cabin did you suggest to her?"
Uncle Tom being whipped to death,
the woman crossing the river on the ice,
and numerous other incidents in slave
life."
els the statement of your history
in the Key to Uncle Toms Cabin
correct ?"
"Yes, l think &c."
"Who was Uncle TOMB"
"There were two characters OF Uncle
Tom. One was Josiah Henson, whom
we'll know. His history was that OF
Uncle Toms throughout, but he did
not undergo the tortures that Mrs.
Stowe represents that he did. He is
now well.to.d do clergyman in Canada,
at Damn Mills, Sidney river. Ontario.
He recently appeared on the stage at
Detroit during the play OF Uncle Tom 3
Cabin"
WHO was George Shelby?"
His name was Robert Argo, q
grandson of Legree. He is now living.
and he remembers seeing negro,
Sam, q blacksmith, whipped to death
by Lsgree, whe sat in his room all
the next day, eating nothing, but
drinking heavily of liquor. The pic
ture of Uncle Toms death was drawn
from this circumstance"
We're you ever at Hensou's house;
and who was Chloe ?"
Eyes, I was there quite often.
Chloe was his wife. I have forgotten
whether Henson was sold from his fam
lily or not"
Who was Wilson ?"
=" He was q Quaker. He met me at
q hotel, as is related in Mrs. Stoves
"What about the woman crossing
the river on the ice?"
"There was such q woman. She
CROSSED the Ohio in 1P4l-the same
winter was in Oberlin. The river
was full Of floating cakes of ice at the
time. She left one of the child's gar
ments ON the bank, so that those seeing
it would think that she and her child
were drowned. I knew quite well
Lewis Coffin who gave her change of
and cared for her after she
landed"
Who was Tom Loker?'
"At one time / knew o young man
named Henry Bibb, who went through
just such perilcus adventures.
Who was Nine. De Thour p
She was my sister. The account
given of her is generally correct.
still have piece of the dress she wore
while she lay chained in q New Or.
leans slave market. She was bought
by Mr.. Cavel, who took her to Mex.
leo and married her. My brother and
q Mr.. Lewis met her in New Orleans,
and they brought the sleeve to me-"
Who was Cassy?"
II hardly know for sure. There
were two or three that answered her
description"
Who was Eva ?"
Zone of the little Evas was Mary
Ann Logan. I saw her only q short
time ago, while on u visit South, after
q forty years. absence. I ate dinner at
her house, and on her table saw
some spoons which I remembered see.
ing when I was q boy"
What do you think of "Uacle
Toms Cabin p
I" I think it is one OF the most re-
Variable books ever published"
care the facts in the work over
drawn2"
"No. they are true, although the
connections are somewhat stretched to
make good story. know of one we-
man who hid in the weeds over a grave
for nearly q week to avoid being sold
away from her children. I know of
anoiher woman who pitched her two
children down we'll and then threw
herself after them. could name
dozens OF other cases."
" To what do you owe your freedom?"
H.