The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03

thirty to forty were POI; from forty 10 to
NIFTY we're coo from nifty to seventy w 'te1r
bna, from, seventy to one hundred were
ela.a from 100 to 200 were 1o5; from 200 to
zoo were but 8; and from 400 to 900 but
ono. Nj
have iii my possession the Original
Flist Of names Of tho negroes owned oS
nv father and grandfather, dating from
TX, 70 1ss3-over two hundred IN num-
ber-thcir names aid dates OF birth.
.#sl \ "a SLAVERY TIP N ORTIZ.
n TIA RHODE Island prohibited tho In
trnd,,rt,nn Of slaves Into her borders
Efro,n j broad ard Virginia did tho same
~ 1I7s IN 1881 Virginia conveyed to the
8itnion Tho great Northwest territory, pe-
Bionpinr Il, her by rights of charter, con-
u,,est md treaty, consisting Of the stntes
n OHIO. tndinnu illinois, Wisconsin, +, anu
irnytl}of Michigan providing that tnese
stntes DO admitted Into tho 81 Union tN On
enunl footing with the original tnirteen,
and that slavery DO forever pr'on'7ll1eu
therein. TX III rs, ,n., e,o,As
was framed In 1857, and provides, lnae W, IL,
slave trade should not % npoll s,n9 t,,o :,
Congress Until 1908, Virginia onl?nseu LIZ LIZ
nrov}slon, and desired Its immediate pro.
ribitlon5" IT was however. adopted pv
= vota OF the New England States 20.
rother with South Carolina and Georgia;
IRON limo to time slavery was aoollsi,eu
n the Northern States, and tho NORM
western states as organized, became Tree rec
States. ,t,r,.a
IN over the slavery question. ana many
of her most influential men favored
Concentration, ono cause which prevented
them from taking the step, was the mo-
.mentous question which Is still unan-
ewered, %,'IVhat shall be done with the
great body Of negroes when emanci-
5pntod2 p II MI ss 4 81 F /,
h It was about that time that the aholi--
7tlonists OF the North delayed Congress-
with petitions on tile subject Of prevent
Ing the importations Of slavery into the
free States. or course, this aroused the
people of the South and caused much
agitation among them. The fugitive slave
law enacted n 1850 produced greater ,e trou-
bic. and the Kansas-N Nebraska bill IN re-,
ference to tho question Of management
Of slaves In the Territories was further
cause for irritation among our people
BLEEDING KANSAS.
ri In the year 1858, Kansas was aroused
upon tho subject OF slavery. and two ter.
ritorial governments were organised
there. In 1866. John Brown, q fanatical
abolltionlst, and others with him most
OF the latter from New England, led an
attack against his nelghbors who dared
to differ from him, and New England
sent men, money and arms into Kansas.
Tho decision OF the United States court
claiming that "the Territories were the
common property Of ali tho States, and
that the Federal government was bound
to protect the slaves as we'll s7ns other
property OF citizens settling In these Ter
tirories,', only added fuel to the flames
OF abolitlonism.
This lnwlessncss carried Oil by John
Brown In Kansas was done, as stated
by himself, for the purpose Of innamlng
the public mind against slavery. He coll
lected together anumber OF young men.
including several of his sons from that
Territory. IN 1868, he went to Canada,
West where on the 9Th OF May. 1868.
lie assembled provisional constItu-
tional convention', of hts own crowd. and
q number Of free negroes Hos then draft
ed n constitution and ordinances for the
people OF the United States, commencing
thus, WHEREAS slavery throughout Its
entire existence in tho United States, Is
none other than almost barbnrous unpro-
voked, and unjustinable war OF one por-
ton OF It's citizens upon another portion:
therefore we, citizens Of the Il United
States, and tho oppressed people who are
declared to havo no right which the white
man Is bound to respect. ordain and es-
tablish for ourselves the following pro-
visional constitution and ordinances, the
better to protect our personal property,
lives and liberty. and govern our nctlon;"
COOK AT HARPDR's FERRY.
One OF his party, Captain John n. Cook,
OF Connecticut, was sent to IInrper's
Ferry, Va. to famillarize himself with
the country and citizens, and to inter
View negro slaves whenever an opportu-
nifty presented Itself. During the summer
OF 1850 John Brown visited the neighbor-
hood OF Harpers Ferry but under the
assumed name Of Isaac Smith. He also
Travelled up the Shenandoah Valley az far
as:Staunton. stating that he was a farmer
and TINT he and his sons and sons-!n-law
desired to rent or purchase land. He
finally rented small farm in Maryland,
rear Harpers Ferry. where no did some
farming on a small scale md pretended
to be prospecting for minerals In the
adjacent mountains. Arms, accoutre-
ments, ammunition md military stores
wcre shipped him from Chambersburg,
Ia. among the arms IN MS pOsSeSalOn
were spears or pixies which l saw and
examined carefully soon after his raid
on lIarper's Ferry, My uncle, II. Nelson
Wallace, Of Madison county Va, had
them They were not used az weapons OF
warfare that 7 know OF during the war
between the States.
JOHN BROWNS RAID,
On Sunday, October 18th, 1850. Brown,
accompanied by fourteen white men from
Connecticut, New York. Ohio Iowa.
/ Pennsylvania, Maine. Indiana and Can
ada, and lye negroes from Ohio, Penn
sSlvnnin and New York some twenty In
snrsents, nll fully armed. crossed The
Potomac into Virginia ut IIarper's Ferry
overpowered the Waterman at the rail-
road bridge, and placed guards nj th'
street corners Of tho town, Brown ts
tabllshed himself IN a brick building
which wns the quarters OF the watch
man. and contained n fire engine. Irt
4 then sent slx men, including tho spy
Cook. under Captain Stevens to seizt
the principal citizens In the neighbor
hood and inclte the negroes to rise jr
insurrection- They captured Colonel T.
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