The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-09-12

senting the burning of Arnold in effigy.
AS death drew near, it is said his mind
fighting his battles with Washington and
his old comrades in arms. In lucid in
terval he asked that his Continental uni
escaped to the .Nuiture," and which he
had ever cherished, might be brought and
put on him, with the epauiets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
as the bravest Of the brave: ..,s.. ~.
Let me die in my old American uni
FORM" he said, 1.-The uniform in which
I fought my battles. God forgive me-"
he added, 'for ever putting on any
other" i
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
Slavery and ssryitude in New Jersey Je f1y,:
BY Alfred Heston sd Member OF the
n j.: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Co..
This monograph is a recital OF slavery,
and servitude as: it existed in New Jer-
cry existed in America long before 1913,
when the DutchI traders came with their
cargo Of human freight to Jamestown.
enemies taken in battle but those OF their
own nation: who were convicted of theft
and other. crimes. african slavery was
introduced in New Jersey in 16S0-at least
ownership of African slaves. Many. Of
the Lending scitizenS, engaged IN the Arr.
can slave trade. IQeTe IS Il reCOIU u Oue
good old, elder whose ventures on the
African coast :afways turned out well,
! who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival of SLAYER INTO me
Providence has been pleased to bring to
this land Of freedom another cargo Of
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
| of gospel dispelsation.
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
| port of entry, and blacks were to be seen
there in. soodly mum ers.: many OF them
freshly imported and stil bearing od their Ir
$500. The system Of white bondage;
known as redemptive servitude, existed
throughout the. Seventeenth and eigh-
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
| ton Of the term the redemptioners were
merged into the mass Of white population
without any special faint Of servitude:
| slaves, who were found 10 be cheaper
ure the trade in redemptioners.
New Jersey s' from nth the British ISLANDS, and
! We're merged into the mass of the popu-
lation: An act providing for the gradual
abolition of slavery was passed by the
| New Jersey legislature in 1904. A fur
Their act in 1920 and. still later another
in 1916. did not bring about the complete
emancipation Of the slaves, although
| there were but 10 in the entire state when
Lincoln's proclamation was issued. In
1880, Hon. Garret A, Hobart, at that time
member of the state senate, introduced
! anL lad passed bill which removed
| cry in New Jersey. 49,:
! The little book contains much valuable
| information.
| SALLY WIsTERS JOURNAL.
! Sally Wister's Journal. A true narra-
! tive. being Quaker maidens account
Of her experiences with officers Of the
! A C00k Myor
pp zsz P 5s1si hn
sally wisteT 9: journal is the record
kept by a Quaker alzs girl Of 16 during will
| The greater part or the book has to do
soldiers visiting or quartered at the farm
and her friend Lyddy and to her regret
When mss Gerta5n an Of them go upon missions
hand sh2ok ike an aspen lear when
! she first saw tpese soldiers, but she soon
fsbS tbs sxPfessSa
cali :foftitude to your: aid. AID don't sur
fer your spirits to Sink, my dear there $
neea Of " soon d stand
cred that soldiers arr RI aun1an. Thev
are she says hysry pe ace sort 1;, Of
| talk like them and behave with elegance
! One lis the most amiab1e Of men; tall
and gentee1, ~ whom the following lines
will most fully chara cterize:-
| How skilled he is in each obliging
The mildeSt manners with the bravest
Another soldier. n second is "mons-
trous, tall and brown, but has a certain
something in his face and conversation,
very agreeable And ,hen, Here comes
NOUS, :. etc. He cannot be ex-
toll'd for the graces of Lerson. but for
those of the mind he MAJ, justly be cele-
orateu; ne is large IN his person manly,
| and an engaging countenance and ad-
TWO ON. THEIR TRAVELS
1.-TWO on Their Travels by'Ethel Col
ouhoun, $3.50 New, York, A. s. Barnes &
Two on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
quh0un' with Photographic illustrations
ey the WriterFsis a ,very:~interesting book
The writer describes the out-of -the-wa-
places which she visited with style en-
style of treatment quite unique In the
chapter called "A voyage of misery and
an happy psz ending she writes: If the food
sal male demand for waiskey led to the
production OF bottle bearing a wonder-
| IN label and the statement Used in the
Houses of Parliament !" The commercial
stared thoughtfully at the label. Then ad.
ores crossing the head boy he said with his
Soy 81, GiasgoW4ac e, t., "Whaur-r did We
irony was, I fear entirely lost. It was the
same commercial traveller who. a few
| days later. was invited by Andrew to
share share 2. rather less poisonous drink I'm
nor he replied: ::Aw'm thinkin ina aw' We
he'd as rnuch@as guild for-r; me-" He then
related how. feeling thirsty in the mid
die OF the night he had got up and drunk
what ne believed to be about half a bot.
tie OF water. IN the morning he discovered
the water bottle full and the whisky bot
tie empty! $"1 THOUGHT it was vary guild
Water-rg' he.fremarl1ed.s *: - -..,,xz.2.,s5l
aief 5pa nsay ae sHss ii
the Philippines the straits settlement,
1 ia % T. China and other countries in the
The illustrations are. many Of them in
' eolors and aEesysry elaborate:
= - THE NEGRO. I. ! s. +.
The Negro in Revelation, in: History,
kin 81: ST. Louis. N. b: THOMPSON
Publishing Co. :.s'.. >.I. ::
This book is written along original lines.
|: It is Writtenlin the spirit OF the: broadcast
euated s sna
mutual helpfulness between the races
between white and black. The fact Il
recognized that they are neighbors-thar
they occupy the same country, and will
occupy it for generations to come-that a
mutual understanding and a mutual good
Will Will best serve the interests of both.
1t will impress the Afro-American man
and the Afro-American boy with the pos
slb11ities Of achievement. The book gives
an array. of success in life reached by rep
resentatiye Americans that will not
fail to raise the standard and kindle the
aspirations of every Afro-American man