Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-05-09
Heart OF The
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era states The Republicans op-
raaed ii gat there Wcre DENTS
which showed that ne sentiment
% obvious IA the war days was
not So definitely formed ~ the
years before me war
IN August 1850 a Negro eorn
an came to the Falls N 50 An
thouy she was slave q q
southern master She was perauad-
ed 70 ran away Brought into
court she vas get free
".rhla action. perhsps because i
tempered with that which mad
been considered a property right
was not veil received a crowd
assembled to restore the Negro
slave 20 her master There was
agitation that the Abolltlouista BE-
tarred ard feathered
Two things deferred the uiob
One was very heavy rain storm
The other was a shot from the
house about which the monsters
assembled II was soon after this
incident that Minnesota was in
war to a degree that caused 80
fufihrr apactuatlgn AZ o. rhe opin-
ions ~ the people"
Investigation Of The details Of
this small item revealed much
more hicid STORY
Colonel Christmas tand he was
u colonel Only because be- was
IA plantation owner and lived IN
MlanaalppiJ came tp the Miasias-
Ippl River ~ steamboat "a spend
lhe summer IN Minneapolis. Iie
brought with him his invalid wife
his chuareB. and several Negro
servants Tie group put 40 At the
wnalow liouae, a. Anthony
popular hotel Minneapolis and 81
Anthony enjoyed this southern
tourist trade ard dtd everything
possible 10 encourage H.
A story Of the incident was
written by Curtis Chivers in the
SPOKESMAN and RECORDER
newspapers on June 20, 1864, after
reading an old newspaper account
found by Tom Moore, ST., in the
cornerstone ~ the old WINSTON
HOUSE when Il was being wrecked
eliza winston" wrote ChiYefs
came 20 Minneapolis In 1850 with
her masters family She was the
widow ~ free Negro who had
gone 10 Liberia ou a mission, and
bad dtnd there Tier husband had
owned house and n lot In Mem
pitts Tennessee Eliza could NOT
become owner of the property be-
cause she was a slave and ae
cortpF to Tennessee lsw the
property went 90 her master
The widow ELIZA was collateral
for mortgage loan owed BY
man named Clholsan to Colonel.
C'brstmas The mortgage was
never paid ANA Eliza became tia,
| property 81 the rich planter
After a few dsya, the Christina,
family servants ct al moved q
i cottage At Lake Harriet 60 On
I luy the cool summer temperatures
20 famous near Minnesota takes
oue day Eli1a winston met
Mrs Gates the wife q fro,
Negro barber, ana complained that
her husband had LETT her property
but thut she could neither tesii,
there nor collect rent from thusy
who live there The tieh Colonel
enjoyed o. gains from her hus
hanGg Investment
Mrs Gates told the story "a i
whilr woman who IN turn related
Eit 10 w =, Rabbit q pioneer clu
zen and an Additional Babui'l
enlisted the brlp Of William 8
ElnE editor 81 the Minneapolis
/ Atlas. a radical newspaper whiot
. pasaed up the opportunity &C. as
80 the Hstitutiuu ~ slavery Ree
I & q. y Cornell q lawyer
Fbs three meR began work &c
Eiiza freedom A complaint hly5
|hv Nlr tabbitt and Nlfs Gate.
lrbargca that Eliza WINSTON wal
tuuawWuy held by the colonel
IHiEr q y vandrtbgrkh ,sgge,
la whit af habcas corpus % fore,
ICbfiattaaa 20 allows tho woman 4,
appear In court Christmas wa,
twarned immediately ~ s 10 ~ ,
IftcnAs that thrrr wss a movemcnI
Ion gp0t 10 take EHas from hi
bguaehabt Tha Colonel with ~,
Ibtea that rlirt who was only 81
Iyrars af age ajd not want bei
Irree8gm bet property Inheritance
ar reutaa ,ola her that when sb,
saw any strange men around sh'
must bids In the wooded AREA neat
gbe cottage several times sA'
/ found {t necessary 90 follow hni
masters advice Fpaiiy $her
Itfrs apputy and = volunteer pass'
I 81 Aboiliopssts went 90 tho Chtst
WAS cottage apd without resist