, 1881-07-08
SLAVERY TIMES.
"Reminiscences Of John Malvln, a
Remarkable Colored
Man. ;,ssts
His Early Life in Virginia = How
Slaves and Apprentices
Wero Treated.
Assisting Slans 10 obtain Their rrttdonl-1ngen.
Ions Battling Of NanlluatcS.

sptetat Catntpnadtnrc u 1Ae Chfeaoo THbunt.
CLEVELAND, O., July l.-Jol,n llalrtn
was one nf tho llust remarkable G0loyetl Mlcn
who ever lived IN Utio. Old, and full III cx.
perfumes Il, many different vocAtloils. lie
WIS considered futher by Ills fellows here.
and his advicc was gGlicrutly listened 10 will,
II grcnt dggrec Vi reverence. Tic kreat III
tercst TINT l,ns Of late becl, nalltfeste't In any
"reminiscences 1t Slavery l,as Induced ne To |
reproduce from a pamphlet, which linh II
very lnlsetl circulation, some I',,sss5es trni't
Mr.. AlulslM's autobiography. rhn old inn's
has now hepn gathered tU Ills fathers, bnl lle
wvrk which he .l'tt III Ills humble n,M paEns-
taisng why Will ltyu md grow after l,iil'.
Thu extracts rentl flku II r0lslnlce, md, TO
the younger rratlers Of TnE 'rnlnuSl:, 1t Will
seem almost impossible, pcr'Inps. that they
are anything else. But Tic moro Venerable
viii readily rcrall il!ose stirring times wh'cl,
t,tu,t lncls souls, MID found so inay OF tl,eIl
wunting,
begin my selections with tho beginning
Of Tic narrative. Mr.. staiyin was tho sun Of
II FREQ wunlatl, and tllnrei0rc WITS burII free,
ult|lo,t9l, Ills fut!ier wns sluye. Dit prefer
to let lin speak
IN Ills OWN s1Mt'I.i: STYLE:
."I was born lit l'rlncu William County,
Virginia, ill tho yc"r l101, i,a !ittle town
known by the iuinenf D.tsntrleH. NY 'Ilnlher,
whose t1atlIG WIS DHIrus Mnlvll1, was iice
to Il I,al, 1ln,ncI HENDERSON. III ny iii
ycnr was bound Ulit to this Henderson lis
In apprentice. Henderson nlsn, !!sc' in bum
fries, owned severll furnss III Wnot Cou1lty.
West ttr5fiIa, anil was IN lnrge %slaya;ow&liSr. % &
was iii unmarried HILL. md wi,Usu business,
It WIS to keep tho accounts of tic several
farms, and %ns a*siEnel! by, slr; Henderson
ii,'s i,i~., 'asliti NJ on, anil, wlrn through will
tHe iieiI md wufk witi Tho oliier i'stt$. 1t
nMll M,,art, M tjle i%b(c. Iftcr ,ljn,,rr wuiiI
~'t, ,,t,,,.,, "r.m tn tIin r,fl. S:h wis itly
ttui,y eul,it,yiuri,t. ~
w,,s xiii regularly Mt this employment
lie M ts Icope Of Wooa Co,.I!ly wert, :sreily ayi.
tnsrS tH i,i nrulisr.l by tjio discovery Of i,
mjuiira rebellion, -wI.lriI l,utl t,Crn fo.
ii,v,.tGtl l,y Domin!ck lienncrlnssctt nlrl
tnr nl,Mr,ers 1T ri Ilcnacritasss;t 1slaMl. oil tte
tilin f;iyrr, ,l,rcs tiies llcluw tiie ,uniItl ol
III, jltt!u K,tii,lWl,n. / was Mt illni in,u re-.
iisycI iron, iily present situation to olo t,t
EMuW u's ~ INV & wv Crcek, ',i!.i rearl tIiero
ifr,,I, I m Ind ,.Scrtl,d me Ia t!s furll, ,lt,ti
wlum arrived there ] WIS kept ut ,s,lbslal,-
liai!y tiiy same. orcuin'tun:, During III:
III. iilu intserles Of slavery. 'rIio,,sll WIS
nj MT ,i,l,rcnlicc. y,1y tyratc.! littIu Better tint!
fl sinyn myself, FOr my c!othi.g, WIS SUP
l,Iiut every year with uDv paIr ot sl,prs, twu
na;t.l, ts n ro,ITT ind Iackst, Sy fn",l su,1sstc. O
mn. 1,cels nj r5rl.,leaI Il week, Sometimes
cerrlv,.II snn,,iv ri xiii. Init they wrru very
sSrluE of }ll ;xary; E a, il, j. Tas w. s;'pf,s Y, -!
M39t 7'.H ~ r. tmo ,s, T. otEo. ,,.,uus ~ nitai,