The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-16
NEGRO MAMMIES NEARLY
ALL GONE FROM, SOUTH

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ATLANTA, Ga, March Five
aged negro "mammies,' jewellers in a
home established in Atlanta for their
special benefit, relics Of the days Of
slavery in the South, awakening the
memory of a loyalty and devotion that
were stronger than the chains of bond
age, make the text of this story of
people who are passing away from
earth, says an Atlanta writer. In a
little while-a very little while-the
last of the Southern slaves" will be
story told to memorable an era
of the nations history which lies be-
You'd the recollection of the living
The old time darby is still honored
and respected today everywhere in
the South not only for the memories
he invokes, but because he has not
forfeited the charm and picturesque
ness of character by the institution
of new environments. The "mammies
some of the few of them that are
left-receive the ministry and devo'
ton due to the sancity of sacred ties
In some Southern homes they are the
pampered and spoiled autOcrats of the
nursery demanding the right to rule
by the heritage handed down t. them
from the times they were in waiting
upon the t-grand-ancestors of our
children.
Henry w. Grady's Words
But, alas many of the aged vete
rams of slavery who were faithful and
loyal despite the proclamation of free
dom have not been sheltered by the
descendants of their one-time mas.
tiers, because fate has shifted their
lot in life far away from where they
might receive protection.
In one of those beautiful pleas he SO
often made in behalf of the freed
slaves Henry w. Grady said:
Witness the miracle of the slave
in loyalty to his master, closing the
letters upon his own limbs-maintain'
ing and defending the families OF
those who fought against his freedom
and at night on the far off battle
field searching among the carnage
for his young master, that he might
lift the dying head to his breast and
bend to catch the last words to the
old folks at home, so wrestling the
meantime in agony and love that he
would lay down his life in his mas
ters stead. History has no parallel
to the faith kept by the negro in the
South during the war. Often five
hundred negroes to a single white
man. and yet through these dusky
throngs the women and children walk
ed in safety, and the unprotecte
homes rested in peace. Unmarshall
ed, the black battalions moved patti
emily to the field in the morning to
feed the armies their idleness would
have starved, and at night gathered
anxiously at the big house to hear
the news from MASTER though con
scious that his victory made Their
chains enduring.
Loved ones in Your Charge"
when the master, going to a war
in which slavery was involved, said
to his slave, I leave my home and
loved ones in your charge the tender
ness between man and master stood
disclosed. This relation has survived
war and strife and political camp
aigns in which the drum beat inspir-
ed and federal baynots fortified. 1t
will never die until the last, slave
holder and slave has been gathered
to rest. 1t is the glory Of our past
in the South
There is in Atlanta an institution,
established by the charity of a negro
church, 10 care for the aged who are
tottering on the verge of the grave
and who can look for nothing more in
this life beyoni protecting shelter and
daily bread. These aged folks, whe
once were well cared for family SER
wants before the war, found a refuge
where they could end their days in
comfort. There are only few of
them left, now that the story of the
war is written on the pages of history