Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-02

luxurant hair OF the most beautiful |
shade. usually calleds light auburn.
After she had been living In Angola
Neck quite q number OF years. n SLAYER
was driven into Lewes Creek. then a
tolerably fair harbor. and was there,
weather-boun for several days. 1t
was lawful then, for these were
colonial times, to import slaves from
Africa. Queen Elizabeth. to crafty her
friend and favorite. Sir John Hawkins.
had so made 1t lawful more than q
century prior to this time. Miss or
Mrs. Regua, having heard OF the
presence OF the SLAYER in the harbor.
and having lost one OF her men slaves.
went to Lewes. and to replace him.
purchased another from tho slave
ship. She selected a very tall, shapely
and muscular young fellow OF dark
gingerbread color. who claimed 70
be a prince or chief of>one Of the
tribes of the Congo River which had
been overpowered in n war with q
neiEhboring tribe and nearly all slain
perpetual slavery. This young man
had Leen living with his mistress bat
n few months when they were duly
married and. as Lydia told the court
and jury, they reared quite a large
family of children, who as they grew
up were not permitted to associate
and intermarry with their neishbors
Of pure Caucasian blood. nor were
they disposed TO seek associations or
alliance with the Negro race; so that
they We're Of necessity compelled 10
associate and intermarry with the
remnant OF the Nanticoke tribe Of
Indians who stili fingered in their old
habitations for many years after the
great body OF the tribe had been re-
moved farther towards the setting
sun. This race OF people were for the
first two or three generations con-
fned principally 10 the southeast
ern portion OF Sussex county, and
| more particularly in the neighborhood
Of Lewes, Millsboro, Georgetown and
Milton. but during the last sixty or
seventy years they have increased the
area OF their settlement very ma
trially and now are 10 be found in al
most every hundred in each county in
the State, but mostly in Sussex and
Kent. From their first origin TO the
present time they have continued 70
segregate themselves from the Ameri.
can citizens Of Africa descent, hav.
Ing their own churches and schools
as much as Practicable.
| With very rare exceptions these peo.
pie make good citizens. They are al
most entirely given up 20 agricultural
pursuits. bu, they have managed tc
pick up sufficient knowledge OF car.
pentry and masonry to enable them tc
build their own houses. They are in.
dustrious, frugal, thrifty. law-ab.dine
and respectful. During my long prac.
tice a, the bar ! have never known bu
Two instances in which one OF thei,
race has been brought into court 70,
a violation OF the law. one Of thes,
was the case OF Sockum, tried i,
Sussex in 1867, and the other wa
that Of Cornelius Hanson. Of Mnfor,
hundred, tried at Dover in 1855 O
1899. Sochum's case originated in IN
private spite OF envious Caucas!a,
neighbors, and Hanson in the env
and malice OF one OF his ne.ghbors VIII
charged him with an attempt 10 com
. init murder by shooting his accusei
defended Hanson against the charg
and Il was shown by the testimony G
. severa. OF the most respectable men !
the v.ciEsge that Hanson was
{ man OF exemplary character 10
, peace and good order. a truthful an
: esdmaole Christian. and that instea
: OF being the aggressor his accuser wa
shown 10 have attempted 10 shoe
] Hansor. such was the opinion OF III
2 Jurors who tried the case. ] sugges
: ed TO Hansor that he had better 9
: before the grand jury al the next ten
4 OF court and make complaint again,
] ms prosecutor. But he rep!lss
}. With thanks TO you for your advit
s and my acquittal, / most respectful
decline. as the Good Book teaches ,
y TO pray for those who despitefully u.
g and persecute US; and / shall lea,
= Dir. LOper 10 God and his conscieno
y praying myself that ne may become
more peacetble man and Christian" :"
Z Some years ago ] received a no
{ from lady in Philadelphia statir
n that she had heard OF the trial 4
Y Levin Sockum, and that IL had d
J veloped the origin OF the yellow peop
o the so-called Moors OF Delaware, al
= requesting me 10 give an account
o 1t. which I did. In her letter than
y ing me for Il she gave me the folio,
5 ing story:
10 Mrs. -. whom you mention,
o New Jersey lady, was an Engli
IS woman by birth, highly connected.
= refined associations and superbly ed
Is Gated. AS a young girl she fed fro
e her friends whom she was visiting
Il this city with whose o
1T quaintance she made al a dancil
el school, and who was represented
of her as being . Spaniard OF veal
l. and good family. Fair as lily and
d pure. she did not discover until aft
ct the marriage either the occupation
~ real condition Of her husband as
+. man tabooed By mis- fellow men I
a supposed taint OF African blood. :
K believed him 10 be Of Moorish dosce
q and one Of the best and noblest OF h
ST man kind; his ostrac!sm and her or
j tshe was even denied pew in {
~ Episcopal church In which she "
u educated and connrmed) sur,
I'd though slowly killed her. .DesG
IL mona as her friends who knew /
iy well called her. died suddenly Of hes
disease brought on by mental sum,
re ing, leaving three or four childr,
ne all golden-haired, blue-eyed. flow,
lie Ike little ones 10 be educated
re France, where their origin even
pm known would never affect their star
a ing socially. They remained until
ca Franco -Prussan war broke out 8