The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-30
NEWS For NEGROES.

mississippi DeEa-A }'ootsorc Immigrant
Return y:o.ae After sad Trials.
Thrilling experiences ii Nortl
Carolina negro emigr.nts 10 liissis
sippi which more taan rival the dis
closure Of Georsi. prison liz by IL,
New York World, we're related 20
Chronicle reporter by one OF the es
capped capti7es.
On lest Friday afternoon. five cegr>
men arrived in Charlotte toot-sore
tired. and hungry. They had -alkel
I'll the way from the Delta Of tt:
Mississippi River. Just below Jackson
Mississippi, since February 18th
without any food save shat which shej
begged. They said they Frequently !
vent without food for two or Shre;
days, and when they arrived il
Charlotte they had had nothing L
eat for three days At one time they
lasted four days.
Henry Jozes, Frank Price, George
Smith, David Young, and Richard
Cle,nmons, ere the names Of tte five
who escaped from the tortures OF the
negro pen of the Delta OF the 4fiss;s,
sippi. Thsy arc emigrarts 1hc
started from Knoxville, Tenn. on TIC
9Th CT last May, and came by Char
lotte and Atlanta, gathering recruit.
al the WAY to the latter place. About
fifty went from this city. and when
the train left Atlanta Tiers we~s nine
car loads.
According to Henry Jones, one ci
the escaped party, they were carried
70 the Mississippi at point just be-
low Jackson, by rail, and then csrriea d
across by steamer. When landed on
the other side they were marched to
a sa" mill and tnrpentine farm in the
Delta, at 6 short distance from tha
river.
This farm CT about 400 ceres was
enclosed by fence % feet high. b,uit
OF slabs from the saw nil. Iha nc
groes we're marched inside. aca the
gates were locked. They were gireG
a day to look around and become &C.
Quainto9 with their surroundings but
were told that they must rise ahe
next morning at the sound Ct the
bugle. Al I 4o'clock the bugle sounded,
and every one that did not rise in
methately was losged with . COW
hide IN the hands of the white over
seeTs.
According 10 Henrys story, which
he told n e straightforward manner.
with cvidsnce ot truth in bis deIcan-
Or, the negroes were subjected TO ali
manner OF cruelties. The women
"ere given = task Of one-half an acre
eacE to pie logs and burn brush. Il
hey failed to complete the task they
were fosged by the o7erscers. The
nen were given tasks By the hali-dac.
It the different occupations connected
With the saw mill and Gstllery; cnG
I they failed they were logged ct
.oon and 4, night.
Henry says that q nrnbsr Of them
vas whipped every day. They were
lot allowed 10 write anything about
ne!r treatment tC ary one o1tsido
be oen. They were required to work
rom I clock II the morning until
lark in the evening. with IN hour and
half for dinner. They were pro
-!t;ed With rude luts. furnished with
'eds MAZE CT guano sacks for ticking |
nd stuffed With straw. They were |
Cd or. 5eai. meat. peas, and corr !
,read. All OF their wants were sup |;
lied out CT the commissary. Their !!
ages were paid them IN checks which
'ere good for anything at Ike eo,a-
2lssary, TO cash being PAID SLem
ntil the fall, AID then the checks
Gre ceshed for married men Only.
Henry SAYS ro attention was paiG !
, :Aa silk. they being left to the care (
INC small children. Medicine
onld be bought st tie comnissary.
~ no physician WAS provided to ad-
,i1ister It. Many Of the negroes
onsequcntly died from the lack Of
'eatmcnt. but now ones were con
tantly coming il. Ate: one years
aDrisonment IL the pen thay We're 10
9 transferred to another far. where
icl'e liberty was 70 be given them.
Henry AMI fire other friends, 81 Cd
HON went from Knoxville. could Tot
and TIE treatment year. and they
iccccdad in Guiding The night witch I
cn, and scaled the WALL Of tco pa1.
' 'ncans Of a notched pole. Isaac
othrap, who was injured by falling
ON the wall, vas captured. The
hers escaped. and pix! tho ferry
an ct The river Their. ::35 ia checks
put diem across the river They
on continued 10 T;aiL. rn5il they
ached mere Friday srfte1Ioon.-
?a,.lotte Chronicle.
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