The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-28

the 8WllnamsburE people were deter
mined to prevent Mack going to the
New Orleans market. Therefore he
sw.are an oath that he would have thar
Niger IL 1t cost him his fortune" For
Hubbard had a two-fold grudge to graft
ify. Many a time before the Williams
burg men had prevented him from Sc
curing bargain on such occasions
as this. and he was very bitter against
them because of the social ostraclsm
which his business had brought up,n
his family So that In the end Mack
was Knocked down to Hubbard for u
price seldom ever paid for q slave in
Virginia. a few days later Hubbard
started South with his band of negroes,
taking Mack With him as a. body ser
want.
Hubbard was a man of powerful ply
sique ana coarse manners. His hair
and eyes were intensely black and his
complexion 80 swarthy that he would
nave suffered by comparison with many
or the human chattels he dealt in.
MACK. on the contrary, had n fairer
SKIN than many OF the pure whites of
the Tar South and was every way fitted
to carry or the part OF gentleman
On their arrivals ut New Orleans
Hubbard soon disposed of his negrces
to good advantage. but retained Mack
in his personal service. either because
he could not fined buyer for him at the
high figure he had paid. or because he
he had taken fancy to spor, an accom-
pllshcd valet At any rate. Mack was
:,tili In his possession after q couple of
weeks I'm the gulf metropolis. Mack
had some money of his own. and. as II
matter OF pride as well as business.
| Hubbard dressed him like a gentle man.
He was allowed q great deal Of liberty
| and he took advantage OF II TO perpe
| trate one of the rnSst audacious and sue
tcssful schemes in the annals of the
| ANTE bcllum days.
Keeping carefully out Of his masters
way Mack frpQucnted the various fash
| ionable saloons and gaming houses of
| the city where he easily passed as a
| Virginia planter and contrived to form
n considerable acquaintance amcng the
| fastNset of tho day. While walking on
| the street one evening with one Of these
| acauaiutances his master passed by on
| thd opposite. sid" of the way.
See that hoy over there?" said
1 Mack. carelcssly. indicating Hubbard.
II brought him down here with me
| hut he's got 50 dcvilish ndepender!.
! that I've got to sell him. Thinks he's
as good as a. whit" man ana talks back
TO me. Hes got 10 go. Mighty smart
| boy. too. IT you know any one who
wants Il good hoy to look AFTER accounts
ar run place, he's Il bargain. IN sell
|
| Sut any fuss
What Will you take for him?"
| Way. he ought to bring me fifteen
hundred quick. but I'll take Il thousand
If It can be arranged quietly"
| Mack was we'll aware that his New
| Orleans acquaintance wanted just such
Il boy" and In less than twcnty-rour
hours they had come to terms and Hub
bard was sold by his own slave Tho
| papers We're regularly made out and
| transferred and the money paid over.
Mack only STIMULATING TINT tho buyer
should take his property quietly, che
! cause lhc didn't want any fuss" This
| sort of arrangement was, unhappily all
too common ut hat time and place to
| excite either comment or suspicion. SO
! that Mack was enabled to gain a long
| start before the thunderbol, fell on
| Hubbard.
When Hubbard was seized of course
there was trouble He fought like Il
| wildcat. but was finally ovcrpowcrpd
! and taken from the fashionable hc.el
where he was staying amid The icers OF
his nuondan friends. He then resortcd
| to the law ANA under tho statute proVid-
cd for such cases. instituted IL freed IN
suit" His signature was identified ana
accepted at the bank which did his
business hut the bankers refused 10
voiich for his person. u was there fore
necessary Ia send to Williamsburg for
aid. Accordingly three well-known res
| idcnls of that city, properly fortified
with papers of Identification from tho
authorities. made the long trip to New
orleans at liuhbards expense and upnn
their positive Identification he. wa. re-
leased ard restored To citizenship. Tine
trial had cost him thousands Of dollars
and consumed 4 great deal OFT inc and
meanwhile Mack. we'll supplied with
funds ny the sal" NJ his masters body
was beyond pursuit Large rewards
We're offered everywhere for his apprc-
hension and the best detective taien,
was employed, absolutely without avail.
lie was never traced beyond the wharf
where he took passage for the North
anu is supposed 70 have gone straight
T. France, where he had lived during his
former masters student DAYS and
where his antecedents would never he
suspected and an honorable career
would be within his reach.
II may be imagined that Hubbard
me, with little sympathy on his return
III virginia and il is said that he never
made another trip 10 New Orleans brt
soon gave up the business ana died :,
ie" Years later on his plantation near
Yorktown. ''"'