, 1881-03-26
SLAVERY.
The Story Of a Man Who Was
Born a Chattet.
His Sale on the Auction Block at the
Age Of Seven Years.
How lie Managed to MIKE Ills Escape
from iIon1age Into Freedom.

when Abraham Lincoln made freedmen out
III 4000.00O slaves, n new generation Ut Amer
ica.Is has grown up WIN CAL scarcely realize
that such mn Institution rs Slavery ever ex-
listed here The traditions and legends Of
that f.slte-bellaim day When the Congresses
passed taws making Northern freenlcn slave
hunters, and the Supreme Court sustained
the constitutlonafty OF such ennct,nents, arc
pesused with great interest; aud managers
Of country tt1eatr1cals tell ,ny that there Is
nothing that can be put m the b,ar'ls TINT
draws like Uncle TOMS Cabin" The pop
i,lartty OF this American classic In Its drama
tlzet( form increases with thu passing years,
and will contnuG to do 50 along through
tho century. The question Of whether
the grent American novel llas or can be writ
ten will be settled in NIL probability tr: the
near future by the production Of something
involving this growing traditions of this time,
Meanwhile desire to contribute ,uy mite
towards satisfying the public interest In
those days HOW gone from the earth forever.
Town OF ElyrIa, o.,
AN OH coLonEn MAN
by the maine Of s. ]. Howard. Ills long,
black lacks arc pretty thoroughly sprl.ikletl
with gray, but his form is MS straight rs an
arrow, anu Ills step Is rs 1.-the as thnt of n
,narl nj 10. 1t was by the mercst chance that
| met htm and learned his listory,-for Il
history peculiarly Illustrative Of the days vi
Slavery IN his.
Observing that Mr.. Howard nsetl good lall-
glaEe, peculiarly frGc from the patots Of
his race, hut knowing that We were In tho
r,.Ion nf flhcrln, + innnircti n l,r md cyer
..H1' r.',,,., -, ~. -, '" s'SA
les'uea III i'ht clasS'cat Ietreas'
Yes, sir; l lived III Obetsltl for serera!
years. l arrived there II. 1Sl4, and attended
school for several years at the college,"
ri, ne.o "'u ~: sou euto l.o," ~ " ooe'""
l)lu you ever live III Tue Sof'tdl Z"
q | came frnm Pennsylvania directly to
oberl'u: but had formerly lived III Mary
'1 uu 10 o1th o'"'s ..a..
Mosa ny worn GREW soli's"liat re'uctant-
~ from mr.. Howard the Following renis'ts-
oov !. 'vh+., ,.o. .o,~s al, ,,,. ,,,s,,r rho
l., 1'I..,.S "nel w. sea.e o'u ~ '""..et, VIZ
i"a ll,ael!te.1 iaFee esates a'tu 'n"'ls sihIes
from his father, anl who had becolne quite
dissotutc finally became tnyolca heavily by
mortnnpes. ..tr. and ,Ipct,ed tf make n nIlt*
II. a,,nt,o,' a,,,, o.iJ e1,,,o ~ hja emrr1nu
nc a"c'ioa anu se'l so'hc " h1s su1pl"s
slafe5. My 1hOthef, myself, aild younger
broth were settled upUn rs
THEE OF rIIusE. TO III. DISPOSED or.
remember 1t rs. though! It were but yes-
ter,lay. The snlc Wns fully at1yertIse,l In tln,
country arountl Ilarcr,sown. and. whcu fl,c
' dny tinaliy Arrived, laree humber uni, rf Of buy w
crs assembled. was described rs a strong,
hearty hoy Of years. and WIS considered rs
drs,rahla n n,ece Of property MS Tim tnt
Afforded. Tls buyers to,ked ,,ls over fully
sniid @ frama. II ci"d TIA r,sr,,.s % ~ nv ar,,,
rn,irhiv. md cniIni i. END hncatise il
woaieIn't % t,iush; @ ] Skinned down % my lbs a,ut
iSs 1S SSkS ;d: ss %f It en- s g a XS Ss
uiuntrr ,o sivip f"x mfs "3 frn n' y.
tnr the sim IF sI;n. liz nuther ntlti yt,,tnrnr
nryer law ti,epi nl.ajn. and hay,s M idraMnot
t'ls Wns yo'lr l'cw uastr as'G Kid !" Youou
uVerv ,,t,rl, sn iir Ind no sts,. Inr ,nore
slaves. tie vas one Of those frcc-ant rnsy.
go.as-yo,-t,tcase sort Of fel]ows, and WAS
lcavify In lrbt all tho while. Tho way / rc-
member u, aown thefc III ,n9se aays tnere
wns yery little money circulating II, tile coull-
tsy. business WIS manly ;!'at!er ol oarter.
! man would trnae lt'att OF tobacco OF corn
when y i'ns tenn Of horses OF :; negro w,!s
put upon the market. that nny money WAS
sSs " tls aeeoHt fnr tn n,n s VINO ni sane m
on tho fellows who were a!w.ys 50 hard I'm
on tho b0r,ter. They always lia,t Il pocket
ful u money. and offered sood prices FOR
MSs es oe PSn sas ~ weiu xs sa ts wsu bs ts
mnster's Inclination wns 10 retain the,u. We
wcra living nrnr tho Pennsylvania bur,iar,
a1 1aisnld H}s1 f by S n!ssss e eS to W, G. Il st b
s,in! fail 10 pay. / knew t!.at ny master
owed n considerable sum Mt the I,cwlsLurg
Bank, and Tint lio was very ,ulci, 0frnlt. 0f
fe .nAt ~ - th"t 80 a,.rt.si,, s,,'usi.ss