Daily Republican., 1882-10-02
THE BLACK CODE
OF SUSSEX
= WAS CONVICTED TO
.rpUBLIUANISM.

s,ad In what was calleu e
sIen enoiaware, Humane and
y SSsntiment having been
Nav Castle County slave.
2 la;Hsevpmpeared, Hvm bat fingered,
e,DIr " tbe black code with con-
."ocity ~ In Kent aud Sussex
TbSre are many living both
! is Sussex who can tell stories
U.,th new interest, of the cap
."ane ~,T of slaves, the convic'
Ia Il slaves out OF the State
Zines many of them on trump
tges. ov,o,, rrbI;c aaIa
" o a regular slave mart in
u n was carried on through
.,nn ~ of the law against negro
u'y1Ioted '1 for petty thieving. A .
ron or woman convicted of
Iaonv @ in those days was not
CsjaS UI and whipped, but sold to
out Of the State never 10 re-
y n a few days ago with Hon.
Fisher of Dover, the quet7
|.d upon political topics and
s,rp II Of the candidates for the
~ e an the Republican ticket.
t,ion of one of the names
EIr, Fisher 10 pause and tell
~ az said Mr.. Fisher" some
crs the war broke out l was
nr Iv attorney for the State and
y in session at Georgetown:
tbe cases tried was a colored
.om the east side OF Sussex
.So on account of being handy
bgS and funerals was always
|nGp such occasions. So much
mt her under the necessity
mass which she carried with
Gsch was a safe passport to
Living in the vicinity
IA man who growing tired OF
onCeiyed more than q mere
sslinp for a slave girl in the
.SoOd, To get this girl out of
4 10 Mt, Holly, New jersey,
Inject of this miscegenist. By
nit never transpired how he
lss from the woman first men.
Id giving it to the slave girl
Hsbled to pass in safety out
"a and reach Mt. Holly where
usramour soon met her.
ner Of the slaV q girl, indignant
and knowing how she escap-
n the tirst woman OF giving
d the girl that she might run
woman denied the accusation
Dut avail and she was arrested
Tu into iail to be tried upon
Of aiding and abetting a
scape. The time for trial came
rh | did not press the case
he unfortunate woman, be-
st she was the victim of some
Cbiuation to send her into
The poor woman was convic-
sentenced to the pillory, the
lobe sold to the highest bid.
ksn beyond the State. The
liter the conviction l was sit.
little Office when my atten-
Failed to o timid knock at the
gifI saw a gentleman who m
sry vol but who was evident
be would be seen entering my
3 looked around one way and
ther as II looking for some.
barred and then finally said /:
Usher are there any Democrats
ere ?"
Iat l know Of" Ireplied.
illard salisbury in your
him he was not.
then, Mr.. Fisher, 1 have some
business with you, hut l
nt these Democrats here to
\ was seen coming into your
esked him in, when looking
ain he again asked me if 1
there were no Democrats
Upon assuring him that there
be said;
fisher l have some particular
with you"
all right you can proceed
: business in all confidence"
EnOw l am a Democrat"
know that"
eou see | want to know If you
ne in the way of finding an
The Underground railroad. I,
|ne you for it, for 1 saw that
|not want to convict that wo.
she is convicted. She vas
our family and is one of the
lAen ever born. My wife is
exercised about it and says l
v her when she Is put up for
takes every dollar we have
pIW want some help and l
hnd out some good abolitionist
| aelp me to raise the money.
guess l can help you, 1 re.
Iad directed him to an anti
friend named Hum, who was
Prground railroad agent. He
me kindly and left and the
ng | heard Of him was at the
|eIe De bought in the woman
saIoOut 500 for her. 1t seems
,unn to whom l had sent him
Y some $500, and he picked up
ere |On and there until he had
.VV, and the other two hundred
|ot himself. The high price
sne woman showed the high
pn In which she was held by
N buyers who ran the price up
lonu put he said he was in for
N !. sald he was going through
IL took the last dollar.
|OVsmpelled to take the woman
state he took her to a friend
aryland where she remained
i"'A was obtained for her with
named Yarnall in Chester
gnere she remained two years.
,lue . lhe woman had earned
y she sent her purchaser to
Y money he paid for her out of
Pocket,
lme Afterwards my timid
XIII, ~ friend met me, when he
'uly up to me and with hap.
aiming from his eyes he in
mat he didn't care whether
.Suls6ury or the Whole Demo
ny were around and heard
Siu, he was now an out and
icsn, and was surprised that
= q Democrat 80 long, when
\. pIes ofthe party we're 50 much
y with freedom and liberty.
,sneF, during the relation of
Unt used the name of the
~ selerred to, but in our rela-