Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-13
NO MANS SLAVE
The True Story Of How Titus Be-
came a DR."

sdiIl>t iboA "ohiS
and sarcastic. and hear him remark.
with withering pasquinade: lit seems
TO me that have heard that before"
The story which am gong to tell
YOU is as true as the III nutes of the
preceding meeting" and stranger than
a Chinese play. but not near SO long or
so duh as either Some of the names
only are fictitious.
Along IN the eighteen-ffties and
before, Coonel Carter. of Kentucky.
was n tohacco-plantcr. wealthy. edu
Gated and eccentric Until 1852 he was
also the professor of languages in q
Kentucky college, being u linguist of
rare attainments.
Among the negroes who belonged on
Colonel Csrter's Plantation was boy
whom he had chosen as a sort Of body
servant, and whom he had named
Titus All of his darkies were given
CLASSIC names. and Cato. Cesar. Cicero.
Pompey. Mars. Neptune, Bacchus, Cleo
patra, Pandora. Iris. Venus. Juno, ct
al. wormed Colonel Carriers tobacco.
hood an 4 hnsked his corn. and were.
altogether. his humble and obedient
servants Being. as | have said. &C.
centric. Colonel Carter taught Titus
Latin and Greek, and ad unctively. of
course. the boy learned something of
geography and arithmetic. and unaNoid-
ably GOOD English. He became
al omniyerou, reader. and hav-
ing unusual intelligence with good
features. he grew 10 be fine look ing
man what would have been termed by
a negro trader "a likely fellow" More
over. Titus was a full blooded negro.
and therefore better natured and more
tractable than those of his race whose
blood is tainted by that of the Cau-
casian. For it is A fact that negroes in
fused with white blood generally ac-
quire with it the worst traits of the
whit. character and none of the better,
while il toes not seem to enhance the
standard OF intelligence. Twas brought
up surrounded by negroes, and asscci-
ated with them. as white children used
to be in the South, and | have made a
close study all my life of the negro
character. The conclusions here given
have resulted.
In 1860 Colonel Carter died. and in
his will Titus was specially bequeathed
to Frank Berklry. fayorite grandson,
who had been Titus playmate. When
the war came on, year later, Titus
knew all about its causes, and could see
a far into what its results would be
a most men of his age.
He had read the newspapers regular.
ly. and everyth ng that he could possi-
bly, get hold of. bearing upon the ques-
tions of the day. He was. naturally.
deeply Interested. The war had been
raging in Virginia several months be-
fore it had been fully realized in the in
terror Of Kentucky, and the disastrous
battle e-to the Union army-of Manas-
sas. OF Bull Run. had been fought be-
fore a single soldier had been recruited
in Kentucky for either army, and most
people thought the trouble would only
continue a few weeks. But, when the
recruit NC did commence. it almost
decimated the able bodied male popula-
ton of that State and. as some one has
since said: God bless old Kentucky,
she kept her quota full, on both sides,
the whole time
Frank and Titus were about ten years
old. when one dav Titus approached his
young master and said: " Marsc Frank.
l wish YOU would sell me" Frank was
astoniShed. but replied: Why, Titus.
! don't want to sell YOU. Ii has always
been my intention to give you your
free papers a. soon became OF aye.
NO" returned Titus. Il don want
fou to do that. | want YOU to sell me
10 Marse Tom 5: mpson. I'm worth
q 800 and 1 don't want you to lose
thai much money Y,u can't afford it. y
Tom Sampson was neiGhborIng far
Itu ullSdN'IN
the negroes of that section as having
made great deal Of his wealth in buy
ing and selling their kind. Once. in .
financial stress. Colonel Carter had sold
to Sampson Diana, sister of Thu and
and she had been re->old to cotton
planter in Mississippi. Tho darkies OF
Il. had knlx- hnrrnr nf
the cotton and sugar plantations of the
far South. and they dreaded nothing
more than being sold down the river
Continuing. Titus said Yes. sab,
] want you to sell me to Marse Tom
Sampson. He bought my sister and
sold her down the river. and want
him. specially, to buy me. I'll pay
him back. III hurt him whar it will
hurt him most I'll hurt his pocket. for
] don't intend to be any mans slave,
Marse Frank
| desire 10 observe. in tn 8 connection.
that the broad negr" patos of Titus, AS
here given, is not incompatible with the
Greek and Latin. and hence should
have known the English we'll. have
known hundreds of white men of the
South, brilliant orators. lawyers and di
vines. not to speak of private gentle
men, educated most eNcellently, who
retained the breadth of dialect peculiar
to the section. Another thing: The
general reader will observe that North
ern writer's frequently. and that unnat-
ural burlesque on the negro character.