The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.

Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey.
BY Alfred M Heston. Member OF Inc
N. j.: S1nnickson Chew & Sons Co.
This monograph is~a recital 2ftslaNary
and servitude as it existed In New Jer-
sey The fact is brought out that slav-
cry existed in America long before 1919,
when the Dutch traders came with their
cargo of human freight to Jamestown.
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
enemies taken in battle but those or their
own nation who were convicted of theft
and other crimes. African slavery was
introduced in New Jersey in 1680-at least
ownership of African slaves. Many of
the leading citizens engaged in the Afri-
can slave trade. There is a record of one
good old elder, whose ventures on the
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival of a SLAYER into the
harbor in these words: AN overruling
Providence has been pleased to bring to
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation:'
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
port of entry. and blacks were to be seen
there in gOOdly numbers, many of them
freshly imported and still bearing their
tribal marks. Adults sold from 5000 to
$500. The system of white bondage,
known as redemptive servitude, existed
throughout the Seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries. This form of bondage
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
tiOl OIL tue term the feOeIpClOHerS were
merged into the mass of white population
without any special faint Of servitude.
The importation into the colony of Negro
slaves, who were found to be cheaper
than white servants, checked in a meas
ure the trade in redemptioners.
Many white convicts were shipped to
New Jersey from the British Islands. and
were merged into the mass of the popu-
abolition of slavery was passed by the
New Jersey legislature in 1904. A fur
Their act in 1920 and still later another
in lS46, did not bring about the complete
there were but 18 in the entire state when
Lincoln's proclamation was issued. In
1880. Hon. Carrot A Hobart, at that time
a member of the state senate, introduced
anC xiad passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much valuable
ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
The Romance Of the Commonplace. BY
Gelett Burgess. $3.50 San francisco.
Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
This is volume of modern philosophy,
famous by Jerome K. Jerome. Mr.. Bur
CESS says many clever things in his book.
and one may glance at any chapter and
ten. in a very uncommon manner. 1.-THE
desire to tell Secrets writes the author,
rs one of the most contagious of diseases,
and few of us are immune. Some vigor-
GUS moral constitutions never Succumb,
but once an epidemic begins it is hard
work stopping it, and a secret on the ram
page is well nigh irresistible. Tell your
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way until it dies out. But above all never
contide tito her who asserts she never has
the slightest desire to tell, for there, like
a seed sown in fertile ground, it will ger
inmate and flower long after you have for
gotten II frl1it
never planted
Again: "F1attery is, however, an edged
tool. and must be used with care. It. is
not everyone who has the tact to decide at
stand" ~ '0A' ''',' W."
The author treats of art, science and
criticism, and wfthal, with so much Of
masterful art as to render this book of
unusual interest
THE MYSTERY OF MURRAY DAVEN-
PORT.
The Mystery of Murray Davenport, A
Story of New York at the Present Day.
by H. c. Edwards. Boston: L. C. Page
The scene is New York. The hero a
man., He has talent and in
him. Mr.. Stephens is particular to seek
verisimilitude in careful descriptions of
familiar %neighborhoods. He aims to re-
produce the hustle and excitement of
New York, it's architecture, its manners,
it's customs. The well-appointed fiat the
boarding house, the hotel, the pseudo
cafe, the chophouse. the water
side neighborhood are all recognizable |
The personages are generally common
place enough to seem perfectly natural.
The mystery seems to be something
new in mysteries; and if we are willing |
to accept it for what it is worth we GER
Lain1y will not quarrel with the manner
II its presentment. Every thing is like I
y enough except the explana ton when /
t comes What it is the reader must i
earn for himself. SIS