The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14

from Henry Clay, Secretary OF STATE. mahinc
inguisy about one ABDUL Rahman, q slave,
| too, stating that the Emperor Of Morocco ds.
sired his emancipation, and TO have him cent
Mr.. Mcrwin wrote back that he Ss W Sr%ISn az eP RsS.
man and HIS wife free n the Government would
It was so arranged, and they were sent to Hin.
i%s S,sra In tns a sSpr re Of y, two Y years. through
rocco, the rest OF the family living about Nat.
chez Nete cmencipated and sent 10 tho same
place. .He said father told them OF another son.
WSereabouts. and he was sSs l eH bb eSinSo' Tb 70 ms n.
formation was . dreadful disappointment TO
Kin; tSG a again. SGn;'P bat It i 1 %as Of q sSsE sSslrs ny ~.
know. thoy wero NIL free, and thai my GOOD
father was restored TO his country and to his
II returned with my master to my Kentucky
home, and lived there happily with my family
the Confederate Army and took me along with
him, He, was in the Q~uartermastcr's depart.
battiot :" OF shiloh. After sorWinR at nr% dif Sa ene
places we Joined Gen. Joe. Johnston's army,
which 4, trying TO help Pemborton, and Is now
me- and my. family we'll. Ho had Just StP rotn n"e sd
home in %citizen's dress undiscovered. Whiio
there some Of his Solored people told him that
s smo ,E9d them na% mS S" wife s SS { two lot d az SSlSres 4 fo hsa
louis Or Kansas City. From that t0n mom 10 Fl /
lines, and to 20 up the river Il possibie. In m es.
Gaping through the picket, lines OF the rebels /
Here Her Sf Is my N! 'S Wounded ar m not not yet wtu dTesso Sno9i
S SsSs % %sF e 'S sss SSF It Il Louis saiS I VI viii i Never e s Sss. ci u
His appearance and manner and evident sin.
certify convinced me he was honest and truth.
dressed. and the next day secured trsnsporta.
tion for him to st. Louis on one of the Govern.
% %.1s. t Isi1sPps s;.d and b, sap RGgalsv him ~ With u,a, ten
on his way rejoicing, and I never expected to
along Fourth street in st. Louis one day, 1 was
accosted by q mulatto man who manifested a
i Ere't At df Sim q foT pis g fsw % as % . % 9ofd h aSok /
did not remember Jacob Rahman. .Then. 1
found his wife and children, he replied: 'Oh,
yes, I found thom after a long search. They told
ing Green that both my master and myself had
been killed. Not knowing what to do in their
great distress, but being anxious to get as far
We're s~' advised by the F Sei 3 sHst to 90 f to Kansas s%es
and they were given transporta.iop, with sew;
sssrs St tSsy fe Il in s'; wi tSu' ar. W VI ehelf a whose
place /. found my wife-who was looking for
emale help, and took them to his home, and
W %s were on al Gsse ser' IT. Il vans sas a IN joyous ns,i0 f %nitS
We are with him yet. i assist in cuitivating
the farm, and bring the produce to market.
came in with a load to-day, and 1t has given
me the opportunity to see you again. and to
again thank you for aiding me in coming to
this city,"
In looking over the memoirs of John Quincy
Adams n few months ago.. l was quito sur
prised and pleased to find tho following entry
In his diary in May. 1928:
Abdul Rahaman Is a Moor. otherwise called
Prince. Of Ibrahim, who has been forty years u
slave in this country. He wrote two or three
years since to the Emperor of Morocco. in
Arabic, in consequence OF which the Emperor
expressed a wish to our Consul that he might
be. emancipated and sent home. His owner. re-
siding at Natchez, Miss, offered to emancipate
him on condition that he should be sent homo
by the United States. which we accordingly de-
termined to do. He has now come on from
Natchez with his wife and met Mr.. Clay at
Mr. Adams was President at that
time and Mr.. Clay Secretary OF STATED He
came In while Mr.. Southland [Sccretarv OF tho
Navyl was with me, and we had some consulta.
ton how and when he should be despatched to
his home. which. he says. is Timbuctoo. He says
ne has left at Natchez i've sons and eight grand.
children, one of them only four days old when
he came away. all in slavery, and wishes they
might all be emancipated and be sent with him
or to him. He says he is go years old and as
sumes TO have been the lawful Prince of his
country"
This is found in Volume VI. or Volume VII.
Of Adams's Memoirs. JOHN NJ. THAyER.