The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-23

tured Jane son ,lic.i If cholera AZ,
Aunt Laura and u.LeIs raised murey I,
secure Johns freedom. She then wen
to Cincinnati and aided ,Iozers Of .srap
ing slaves in eiuding their WlrsuerS. an,
in getting good start on their lutrfEel
north. 4 slave owner named haHrliF
brought his nurse ~ t'ayiugt0u. AZ d,
site - Cincinnati. and shlse there glt
nurse an away and told her new .as'-
that Mrs Champlin had taken l~as
from her the money She had s>vtt mp
The case attracted 4 great deal A at.en,
tiOn. and Aunt Laura told Nr. litj>tead.
editor Of the Commercial. about the mis-
tress taking the nurses maHtv, ami he
printed il in his paper. tf course this
made hampiln raslns mad and with =
gun in hand he visited the Commercial
office. demanding the HaWe of the at
ltor's informant and threatening to lu
terrible things Mr. lIal,tead went at
once tO AUNT Laura and asked what he
should do 10 get oat of the trouble, and
sand he feared the slave owner would ar
rest him for libel. AUNT Laura promptly
told him To give her name As the author
ity and size would take all the II sponsi-
hllity she conli, Mr. llalstead thanked
her for this, hut managed 10 get out ot
the scrape without giving AUNT Laura 5
name. When he told thamplin that the
loss Of the nurses money could he traced
to his wife and proven the southernrr
Gained down and let the matter drop.
Not Iongattcr this Aunt Laura visited
Louisville ON some business connected
with the Prosecution Of u negro. and
while there heard good story which to
this dav she likes to tell. \ man named
Adams came from Nortl, Carolina 10
catch his slave jack, ard foUn ! him,
Jack was enticed away trem home hy Il
Yankee atUlitInn,s' who was travelling
in the south. The Yankee and the NO.
gro Travelled yery cautiously tNo ur three
nights until they got som. distance away
from the plantation where Jack had
lived. Then they hecamo more bold.
and assumed the relationship Of master
and slave servant. More than that. the
smart Yankee arranged with Jack that
the latter should h. sold. and when night
came he was to run away and reloin his
companion AZ an appointed place. SO
the Yankee sold Jack for a good round
price, he being u strong, healthy man,
and the next night they met according to
arrangement some distance north. ln a
few days Jack was sold again, and again
he escaped aud followed his friend In
this way Jack was sold seven times. All
Of this money WAS divided equally be
tween the two men. and Jack would
have had enough money to buy farm
could he have succeeded in reaching ca
NADIA. But he was captured at Louis.
willie. money and all, and returned to his
oil master. OF course the Yankee got
away with his booty.
Scarcely Il week passed withon: ono
or more slaves heing started north from
by Aunt Ian,a, the Collins.
and other ticket agents for the under.
ground railway. As n rule The slave
women were mo.t brave, and often they
were the leader in the effort for free
dom. Sally French WAS one ~ that
kind. Naly's owners livel over in Ken
tucky, ami used to permit her to 20 into
ncinnat with "A market wagon. One
day she met Aunt Laura and was given
some advice about making an attempt to /
escape. She was long time in putting .
the plan into execution, tut finally she I
brought her whole family over tae river (
and found Il hiding para with friend. /
This is the story she told:
ooh. my Gol has saved ny 80 far, hI'
my poor Mary WAS sold down the rihber .
when was away from home. When I
gifts into missus' door sort . felt some
thin wrong. an ant her, 'Whar's Mary
She say. 4 sole her las week, and
cried. oh, my God, save my pore chile
Mary an, missus rotchel MP dc tongs
m beat me on my heal till loss my
min. and when | come to WAS lavin'
on de floor blpedin'. You sce, here is a
sore Wit. MissuS sed lncver the longes'
lav live. should set foot in Cihcin-
natl, case free nigGerg ruin me
and afore she have such a
fuss as dis she put dc hull # rs in her
pucket. knowd what d'4 mean, an !
tried mighty hard to cheer mp before
her But my tears da was my meat and
lrnk 70 few days o. wha. a time
had wild my man to cit i'm started. !
loaded an unlpalel lo time. afore he'd
come. He was 50 skeerrl he didn't
know hisseIf scarcely, An | uk'nis.ns'
young HORSES. an put my man an chill
lun in. an cover en- ny. den put n bag
o taters an apples an n basket q chick
ems in front An had dis little boy by
lie chickens. SO il he cry nr make Il noise
shake de- basket an de uDsn Of tie
chicken kill de noise of de boy. A1' !
drove de fifteen miles to Ie ribhor by
daylight. an prayed God 10 keep DE- fer
~ man from akin fer my pass for l'se
mighty feared he would, ease ! hadn't
been here inso long. An l4t afo' san.
IN nv man crawled out o de back - de
wagon. whispered, Get back, nuick,
70 Gods sake, and he Whispered, 'L"t's
20 back | knows dali cotch us, 90 .
back Man, it's death to 20 back We'd
he in Jail in no time, waitin' for dn trad
pr.' An lie crawl back an tnrk i'm up
agin. an we trimble like a popple leaf
De ferrvnan didn't AK fer my pass, an
praise God fer answerin my prayer.
Twelve hundred dollars reward was
offered for the capture Of brave sally
French and her family but they all
reached Canada
After working several Years on the I'M
lergrounl railroad. Aunt Laura returned
home to ser the institute. which had be-
come quite largely school for rolor.d
folks. During the war she vas often