The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-08-22
THE APPEAL NATIoNAI ARR AMERICAN Ne 0sPAfER
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unique contribution to revolutionary his
and Instructive; especially noteworthy IS
the reproduction Of an old print repre-
: AS death drew near, it is said his mind
fighting his battles with washington and
his old comrades In arms. In a lucid IN
terval he asked that his Continental uni
form Of majors general. in which ,l he had &C.
had ever cherished, might be brought and
put on him, with the epaulets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
as the bravest of the brave. =
Let me die in my old American uni,
FORM" he said, ''the uniform in which
I fought my battles God forgive me, -,
he added, 'for ever putting on any
other" ....
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE. =
Slavery and servitude in New Jersey x;:
By Alfred M; Heston. Member OF the
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden,
N. j.: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Co..
This monograph is recital Of slavery
and servitude as it existed in New Jer-
sey. The fact is brought out that slay-
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 OF their
and other, crimes. African slavery was
introduced in New Jersey in 168O-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 SLAYER into the
harbor in these words: can overruline
Providence has been pleased to bring tc
&c
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation." Et,5s.<
Perth Amboy was New Jersey S CHIEF
port Of entry, and blacks were to be seen
| there in goodly numbers, many Of them
| freshly imported and still bearing thei1
| tribal marks. Adults sold from 5000 te
$500. The. system of white bondage
known as redemptive .seiwitude, existed
! teenth centuries. This form of bondage
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
! The importation into the colony of Negro
! slaves, who We're 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-
lation. An act providing for the gradual
abolition of slavery was passed by the
Their act in 1890 and still later another
in 1916, did not bring about the complete
e1mancipation Of J., the slaves, although
Lincolns proclamation was issued: :. Ir
1880, Hon. Carrot A. Hobart, at that time
a member of the state senate, introduced
| anG ziad passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
cry in New jersey. 3
The little book contains much valuable
information.
..
SALLY WIsTER'S JOURNAL.
Sally Wister's Journal. A true nara,
| tive, being a Quaker maiden's account
| of her experiences with officers of the
;; Albert Cook Myers. With reproductions
Dp 81 FS'sdspSis
kept by a Quaker girl of Is during will
ter famous in the history Of this country.
The greater part or the book has to do
with the savings and doings Of American
house, to their attentions to the writer
and her friend Lyddy and to her regret
when certain Of them 60
saEid-shoek~ like an aspsH-4eaf;.-W When
she first saw these soldiers, but she soon
cvercomes the feeling thus expressed and
S avs to her Philadelphia fr.end:. MY adj
vice is summon up all your resolution
call fortitude to your aid, and don't sui :
fer your spirits to sink; my dear; there he rs $
ir need of myself f/aIy soon dfscov-
cred that soldiers arr t't Hnman. Thev
are, she says, Every peaceable sort of
men; =. they eat like other folks,
talk like them and behave with elegance"
One sis the most amiab1e of men; tall
and genteeI," whom the following lines
will most fully characterize
How skilled he is in each oblising
art, a"
The mildest manners with the ,brayest
heart ~
Another soldier N second is mons
trous tall and brown, but has certain
something in his face and conversation.
very agreeable And then. Here comes
the glory the major 20 bashful, so ia
TOLD for the graces of person. but for
those of the mind he may justly be cele-
brated; he is large in his person, manly.
and an engaging countenance and ad-
Dress.
TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS
. 1.-TWO on Their Travels by Ethel Col
nuhoun, $3.50. New York, A. S. Barnes &
Co.
1.-TWO on Their Travels by Ethel Col
quhoun, with Photographic illustrations