The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-06

start, but good nOfseS would over
come that Thus the chase began
Four men were goue,and they tool
with them $4,000 wonth Of other PEG.
pies Ctheir mas'teg's) property. What
booted It that these effects were mus
Gle and bone? Was not slavery legal.
ICED by the Constitution OF the Unit.
ed States and by. the laws of Ken
tucky? On the very spot where this
excitement ran white mem could buy
ard sell black men. And yet could We
have placed there at that instant the
Effel Tower and climbed to its tor
we could perhaps have seen to the
north golden thread winding by day
among the bluffs and dense forests
along it's course; by night silvery
sheen on placid water, calm and al
peace, except when struck by the
oar OF some canoe stolen from the
south shore by someone eager &c
reach the other This was the Ohio
River, and runaway slaves crossed II
frequently In summer to escape from
thralldom. 1t was mile wide. On the
other side no one could own a slave
through this free territory because
Chief Justice fancy had already in
dicated that they could not find asy-
lum in it. They fled to Canada il
they were not captured on the way.
Great Britain afforded a refuge denied
by Columbia. Heaven receted light
house above the harbcr. The North
Star was hung in 1T. Runaways fol-
lowed the road after crossing the
river. They travelled only at night.
They pursued the course toward the
North Star The four men left their
homes on Saturday night. Thus II
might be nearly day before they
would be missed They walked RAPIDLY
and all together; they kept the read
now, knowing they. would not lie
pursued the first night. It was ths
fun moon, and, they. turned out II
anyone was coming to let him pass
They left tellvtale tracks in the dust.
They reached and crossed the river
early on the second might and before
their pursuers reached 1t. They went
in twos, each party guided by the star
above.
The. pursuing party was hastily
formed. 1t consisted of the most dar-
ing ldders mounted on rhe fleetest
horses in the town. It WAS dark be
fore they started. The best riders
reached the chief town ON the river
before daylight. There they amused
the printers, not new to the work;and
there were sent flying through the
mails ard by trusty agents handbills
with the usual picture of the runa-
way with the hurdle over his should
er. They were dispatched to every
ferry and crossroads in that part of
Southern Indiana. Having aroused the
river counlry, the slave hunters rnds
nolthward. The pursuit was sysJam-
attic Travelling both by day ard night,
they soon came abreast of ehe runa-
ways. The negroes recognized them
by day from their hiding places on
the wooded hills. They Eeperated
next right, each tnking care of him
sef-each pursuing the course coward
the North Star. They dared not take
the reads, ard crossed forests and
cornfhelds. For two nights they dodg-
ed their pursuers and made some
The bag OF corn dodgers
and bacon gave out They became
weak ard hungry, The pursuing
parity passed on, scattering the hand
bills with the tempting reward One
OF the negroes tore one from a gate
pos. where he crossed public read.
As the Kentuckians passed ahead,
the Indiauians arose behind them.
lnfl'e WcIt ultu III luhld-4d WIZ uhn>AS
good wages by capturing runaways
Tor the rewards They we've organized
and knew every by-path- 1t was said
that they had their parersrs on the
South side Inducing the slaves to run
Sff and guiding them safe acr0ss, the
river and far on their tourney. They
were then betrayed into the hands
II friends who held them for the
reward. This WAS negro evidence
though, ard did not. go in Kentucky
courts. II these men had been proven
guilty i'm Kentucky they would have
been lynched. The Y0cry' wneeched
negroes were at last forced to approach
houses for food as roasting ears were
all that was left TO them and they dar
ID not hight fires to cook them. Theme
were men in Indiana who abominated
slavery and these runaways did not
ask of them In vain, Notwithstanding
Justice Taneyis law. But all we've
not of this way OF thinlring. Ore ask
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