The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-16
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sTart0p couhky q .,s ana was SsS; IA
bonA sas FOR 8 8s years sxsr i'm Presf4
dent a brahaul it's proeiani ti4ii
net Ain free. i 1862 X ssi,s Is ifS Il
nm Up 90 that 4 he waa consid ered
an an old man his hair was S. snowy IVY
white and he was someWi, 1T bent and
thong he had In his day been an s ex- xs-
icesdingly valuable slave, strong al
arm and 1.-THE OF Amb, vet, his threa-
score years of%toil, not always under
1.-The ktndsst OF masters, had IeYt their
! imp Fess upon his ma sn3f cent pl
ique, and he counted on not ma many
more years OF atfe. M 's I; ;;SE-f sl,
| Yet after Youhg was set free VIII
the rest Of the great slave army of
| the south he seemed to regain hia
youth, and his old spfrits{and activity
Tefurfned. Naturally, the army sof Id.
Easlph attracted him, : and he jOineA
IzWtlder's Brigade, being assigned I'd
the comm issary dspartment aa@mule
driver. Less than a month after
wards, while riding one OF the mules
attached to "a supply wagon, q 5;can-
non shot destroyed the wagon AMI,
started Lated the mules ona q Wild run. *
/ Captured by ConEederates. 4
| Young clung..to his animal In an
enldsavor to control him, and a. few
mmiantaa. m later was astonished to .find
hirasaH within tina Confederate finesi
lana a. prisoner. Here he " was nraats
| to do the same duty that had bsauI
asstgnsdf him with the Union army.
After an attempt TO escape 4 i,aS Nv va
fastened to his mulB with<a lock- Ana
chain, and In this manner ac ts1l Sai
driver for two months, when prS ScsEs ssts y
lions being relaxed again, he aitniissSE
i out OF camp one night ana S 81 fsss
i Itnlrttlling escapes reached the Siispsl
4 Ian Sa ssss III S3s@{,s,, = so s
II He sSoR Fej jofned$ his 'brl sadgs n fgS
served to The ead Of the Raf. BSlf I'M
military service he draws q montfiI,
pension from the government, & Il & M
Though los years OF age 5Ybnhh
recalls very clearly the events OF! !hfa
early hfe.| Hts first master, in Whose
service he was born, owned HIM Tor
I17 years Financial reyerses thsr,
tovertaking the aged planter. hs was
Obliged to sell his slaves. Stephen
young, on the block, brought $3.50
an exceedingly high price for t,oy,
slaves then being very cheap. atthe
save ships We're bringing In thor.
4 sands yearly from the coast Of ASri.
ca. -. - r, .a. e. : - : TffF
! With his new master Young sery.
ed for eight years, when he wal
again put upon the block. He wat
tnen magnificent specimen Of yo,tfs
MANHOOD, and he brought 81 ,O5O, The
! ordinary price for slaves at that tinnnyk
being from $50 to $500. The Ybnhs
family had always been together giiif
TO the time Of this sale, but now tl,AS
i were separated, some going to Mis-.
slss1pp1 and some to Louiafaita
Young himself remained in T'ahnaa.
see' and he never again saw or heard
from MS parents or brothers and sfg.
ters' . -, - - -
r :. Marries Slave Girl. = ''r X
! IL was while In this masters ser.
vice that Young was married, wife
being selected for him from arrlons
the slave girls on the plantation! HI
had four sons and six daukhtars
WIN one OF whom, Mrs. Evaageiins
aoodoar, he makes his home at Fair;
bury. Mrs. Goodbar is herself nov
over so years Of age. -. ..u.:iIEY
| Since his 98th year, Young has
oeen~ somewhat crippled with riieu.
matism, but otherwise ts' as souf,d
physically and mentally as he was :
). quarter of century ago. He ,is ar
enthusiastic member Of the A. Nj e
cnurch at Fairbury, being one of the
old-fashtoned shouting Methodjats.