Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-22
ONE HUNDRED AND :rHIRTY.
The oldest Men IN the world
Eighty Years q slave One
Hnuared Years q Husband
1fis OUn history

Ac,rrespondcot Of the I~ndianap9-
lis Journsl recently visited the little
toEn 81 Archer, RIA and vhile there
called upon Sauta Quana, 8 oolored
man. 1870 years of age-supposed 70 be
The oldest mon in the world From
hun the correspondent heard the
story Of HIS life. he was born in
West Africa, and up to the time OF
his fall growth resided there with his
fellow batbaliins. lie was stolen by
the Cola men, and was bound and
put in the hold of a four mast vessel
with 200 Others They told them
they had a long row Of boiling kettles
10 cook them in. Several died on the
road aud were thrown overheard:
we're chased hy an English war vessel
and their hind mast was shot OF.
This vas probably during the revOll
tionary war and about the time OF the
Declaration Of Independence, l776,
for he says: There was q big, long
war whea | came. Landed in
Charleston harbor in the day time
(whith would have to be before
the slave trade was abolished
in 1900 aud staid a fortnight. Spec.
ulator Q me on board and examined
US, Mars Stevens bought me and took
me to G~o0sepond, Ca, near Augusta
| soon learned some English, aud wud
mock ell d. white folks 70 learn dc
talk, and il dey cross ne | thro' rocks
at EN-. Had lots OF hair (beard) on
my face iora was stole N king him at
.asttwonty- yoyearso old when s%tOlen).
Mars Stevens killed By a horse; me
sold to Jennings aud took TO Alabama;
den sold to Bradley-aiterwards Har
rison and then Barnes tnlsking in all
up to freedom shout eighty nine years
Of slavery Had five wives and foah
children; FIRST wife, Anna, Cola Niger;
she died in lDjuu var Oslo, mex
Jenny; took to Alablm' year fore stars
fe Q832). Alabam' no good. Come
to Florida mex war (l847); had mother
Jenny till freedom war, an den Sally;
she die soon, a0' den Nelly alter lib
erty Q865). The white folks at many
times fought the Indians Greeks and
S~eminoles). One OF their chiefs Tus>
canooga, sold the whites some land and
ran away with he money, His tribe
hunted him down, and he saw them
kill lin near here.
Quantl has been about one hundred
years a member Of the Baptist church
He yet enjoys himself and is happy
Aims to so to heaven when | dies
fob de blessed Lord has cleansed ID,
poo heart end soul" He never haC
any fights. "EberybOdy 'fraid OBJ dt
big Niger" He was foreman of thu
field hands, and worked from sun (up,
to sun down. would hoe foal
rows cotton to other niggers' two"
He has a iull head OF teeth, excep
one broken oil a year ago, but they ar,
all worn down to the gums. His eye
are deeply sunken, with the arcu
senilis Ga white ring around the ey,
sight only seen in extremely old per
sOns) nearly covering the iris, and thI
angle Of the jawbone is very obtusl
(another physical proof of EXTERN,
age). His pulse is about fifty. HI
wears a No II shoe. Was nevet
sick with the exception Of head
ache, and has always been his owl
doctor. Notwithstanding his l0l
years Of domestic bliss he retain.
much OF youthful vigor and ANNA
propensity. His limbs are greatly
shrunken, leaving him sll skin and
bone. de has a large frame, which
shows him 70 have been a poweriu.
man more than six feet tall and a %.
FOUNDER. His form Is much BEN
and bis besd drooped forward, has l
good appetite. and, being almost des
tituts, could eat more than be car
get. de dearly loves tobacco and hai
been an inveterate user of it for the
last 100 years. He enjoys his sleep
but is very Eakeful, never sleepini
more than four or five hours; gradu
ally feels himself getting weaker. III
Is good for many years yet, ten O
ifteen at least, since his mind is per
tscdy tree from every care and ankle
ty aud his diet is the invariable mea
and potatoes, hog aud hominy. He i
now 10 Florida, the land Of healtl
and flowers, and he may live forever
possibly having found De Leon
fountain OF immortal youth"