The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-05

the Williamsburg people were deter
mined to prevent Mack going to tn,
New Orleans market. Therefore h,
sware an oath that lie would have tina,
Niger If II cost him his fortune" Fol
Hubbard had IA two-foid grudge to graz.
ny. Many i time before the VILLA ms.
1urg men had prevented him from Sc.
curing a bargain" on such occl sion.
rs this. aud he WIS very bitter agaiiis'
She,in because CT the social ostracisn
Which his buaincss had brought up:r
his family. SO that In the end MACK
was knocked down to Hubbard for L
price, seldom ever paid for Il slave II
virginia y few days later Hubbard
started South with HIS band OF negroes
taking Mack with him as Il body SER
want.
Hubbard was a man of powerful ply.
sique and coarse manners. His hail
ana eyes were intensely black and hk
c~tinpleXion so swhrthy that he woult
have suffered by comparison with mant
OF the human chattels he dealt In.
Mack. on the contrary. had Il fairei
skin han many OF the pure whites of
the far South and was every way fittet.
to carry off The part of n gentleman.
On their arrivals at New Orleans
Hubbard soon disposed OF his negroes
to good advantage. but retained Mack
IN his personal service. either because
he could not fined n buyer for him at The
high figure he had paid, or because he
he had taken IL fancy to sport an accom-
plished valet. At any rate. Mack was
a.!ll in his possession after a couple OF
weeks In the gulf metropolis. Mack
had some money of his own, and, as n
matter of pride as well as business,
Hubbard dressed him like q gentleman.
He was allowed a great deal Of liberty
anu he ook advantage of 1t to perpe-
q ,, 80 $500 ~ tlxN, ,,arl - a. % I Ia, ,. - al ,.,,
cessful schemes In the annals of the
artc-bellum dnyTz.
Keeping carefully out of his masters
way. Mack frequented the, various fash
ionablc saloons and gaming houses of
the city, where he easily passed ms n
Virginia planter and cbntrived to form
a considerable acquaintance ameng the
fast set of the day. While walking on
the street one evening with one OF these
acqhaintances, his master passed by on
this opposite side Of the way.
See that boy over thcre?" said
Mack. carelessly, Indicating Hubbard.
81 brought him down here with me
but he's got - devilish Independents
that I've got To sell him. Thinks he's
as good as Il white man and talks back
to me. He's got to 90. Mighty smart
boy. too. IT you know any one who
wants Il good boy to look afGer accounts
or run n place. he's IL bargain. I'll sell
him cheap If can get rid of him with
tut any fuss
What Will YOU take for him?"
WAY, he ought to bring me flftcer
hundred quick, but IN take a thousand
IL it can be arranged uuiatly."
Mack was well aware thut his New
Orleans acquaintance wanted just suci
a hey anu in less than twcnty-foul
hours they had come 10 terms aiid Hub
bard was sold by his oWn slave. Thr
papers were regularly made out ant
transferred and Tho money paid over
Mack only STIMULATING tiat the buyer
should take his property quietly, "bc
cause hc didn't want ANY fuss" 1J,i!
sort of arrangement wns. u%nhnnpily, al
too common al hat time and place I,
excite ct@her comment or suspicion. S,
that Mack was enablcd To gain n lon;
start before the ~thunderbult fell oil
Hubbard.
When Hubbard was seized Of cours,
there was trouble He fought like
wildcat. but was finally ovcrpoweret
and taken from the fashionable hc.e
where he WAS staying amid the jeers y
his %Qicmdain friends. lie then resortrt
10 the law and under the statute provid
ell for such cases, Instituted a freed N
suit" Ills signature was identified an
accepted Mt The bank which did Ia!
business, but the bankers refused t.
Nuhch Tor MS person. 1t was therefor
necessary 10 send Ia WILLIAMSBURG. 70
aid. Accordingly three ~well-known res
tdents OF that city, properly rcntihr,
with papers nf identification from tn,
authorities. madc the long trip to New
Orleans at ~liulhard's expense ana upo,
rhctr positive iierMiiicatiun he was re
leased ana restored 10 citizenship. T4,,
trial had cost him thousands Of dollar
ana consumed a great deal oft inc an,
meanwhile Mack. we'll supplied will
FUNDS by the sale Cf his masters BODY
was beyond pursuit. Large reward
were Offered everywhere for his appre
hension and the best detective taIen
was employed, absolutely without avail
lie was never traced beyond the THAR
where he took passage for the Noytl
anu Is supposed 10 nave gone straIch
= France. whore he had lived during III
iorliieE masters student days an,
where his antccedcnts would never II,
suspccted and m honorable caree,
would be within his reach.
1t may be imagined that Iiubbor,
met with little sympathy on his return
IN Virginia ana il Is said tina; no neyc,
made another trip TO New Orleans. hu
soon gave up the bushes, ana died
lew years later on his plantation nea,
Yorktown. ~"