Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-08
SLAVE DAYS RECALLED
Shameful State Of Affairs Re.
vealed By Courts in South
Carolina.
Keepers Of Prison Pens Indicted
by the Grand Jury..Men
Bought.
Colored Laborers Beaten and
Threatened Death--.Lease
System Abolished.


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century methods of slavery We're pub
licly condemned In the STATE CONT here
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lufea the horrors OF the pondage sss-
tenn, the grand jury returned indict-
ments against four Of the leading citl.
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80 pieased. was Judge iSenet VINO nrst
demanded an investigation, that he de-
lc,ared he was nrofoundly grateful. TO n
Isipy which had the backbone TO break
I31p an inia,Iitous system If slavery.
when Was showing q tendency "a
spread thr,,outSt the stats
The iury showed IN It's ,report ma, ne
eroes had been bought and sold. that
Ethey had been seized on the highway
Eantl kidnapped and ssnt 10 the prison
pens where they We're bound and
shackle.d. and warned thar deaf h would
follow any effort a, escape.
When N, q inrv f,rst began It's investi-
! cation ana summoned negroes evidence
could not be secured beca ,,sss he former
slaves claimed they would be killed frs
itliey opened their mouths 10 tell of the
methods of the slave dealers. Only when
assured that they would he projected
bv law did the negroes agree 10 talk.
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ar The h,aclss Ia .nroye mar the f,rst
Frharpe that slavery aid ex;st was tr,e
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into tba sx.ets,, ,,as rad when tbe sns-
ls9i,l ;nvestipat;ne eommittee ,,af,a ,ts
renor,
rhe i,,ry rave ar, ,nco,,nts NJ he ,.;s-
lie ~, the st,f.kades Al q mare ma ,,s,p e,,
hv .Iilius Miller eyi ,sence ya : ,,rc,,,,ce,l
E:to show Thai ,.,,nne,.s had haa,,s maid "a
90 o,,t ana seiz,. a.. syroes and or., ma \,
yEarrar sloan was sent ~ for mora
han a yea,, because no oxed q dehts III
$40 Nher, q ipl,f,o,- off sr,.f, 4 N h..
fine the dealer declared that he would
mot part With his negro for $1,000 AZ
MIXERS Mace the negroes we,e legged
Il, q he r,1,irt of ;nsansfhiiity aud hn,,,ds
HMith CHAINS while guards wth r3les fo,-
flowed the,n around 10, keep Il no n, within
10 linas Miller and his oversee,. IL Al
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ounce Hammond a furly farmer
WAC Indicted for opsr,,tinr :, 9stopkatle
where negroes were Illegally conf,nsd
and Terribly whipned for no offense
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looked in for nineteen, months 1,ike o,h-
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ala no would make frnuble &c he MAS
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I leens strung ,,r, ~ q rec and given tiftv
lasi,ess IN his Mare haol, With whins
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