Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-05-09
Heart OF The
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A1HDfkftH3 tE& s3N&e As A4l+ pP'Ahtf
er states The Republicans op-
r,oBa.i Il Bgt there were Incidents
which hauea tbat the sentiment
80 9bqisa ID me var days was
MT 10 definitely formed ia The
years beforc the war
Ia August 1860 a Negro WON
an eafns 10 the Falis Of s. An
tB1ny Size was slave u =
southern master She was per@isd-
"a 70 ron away Brought into
court ale vaa set free
-rhlH action perhaps because Il
tempered with that which had
been considered a property night
vas not we'll received A crowd
assembled 70 restore the Negro
slave 10 her master There was
agitation tbat tho Abo.iti0nista be
tnrred ard feathered
TWO things deferred the mob
one was q very heavy rain storm
The other was a sho, from the
house about which the mobaters
assembled II waa soon after thta
Incident that Minnesota WAS In
war to asSree that canned no
further speculation az 70 The opin-
ions Of the people
Investigation Of the details o.
this small item revealed q mucf
more lucid story
Colonel Christmas tand he was
Ia colonel only because ne wna
ID plantation 0wusr ard lived 70
Misdaaippil eaine up tho Miaaisa.
ipp River ~ steamboat 70 spend
the summer in Minneapolis ne
brought uith him his invalid wife
hia children and several Negre
servants The group pat up st ths
Winsi0w House. st. Anthony Z
popular hotel Minneapolis and re
Anthony enjoyed this southern
tourist trade and did everything
possible 10 encourage il,
a story IT the incident wa
written BY Curtis Chivers in the
HpGRFglMAN nnd RECORDER
newspapers on June ~, 1868, after
reading an old newspaper account
found by Tom Moore ar IN th'
cornerstone Of the old Winston
House when II was being wrecked
"EHsa winston wrotc chivsrs
cpmo to Minneapolis IN 1850 Will
Iher masters family She was th'
widow ~ free Negro who has
gone 10 liberia on mission ans
had died there Her husband has
owned a house and q lot IN Mem
| pitts Tennessee Eliza could no
become owner OF the property be
cause she was a slave. and as
catdiuE 10 Tennessee law "a,
property went 10 her master
i'he widow Eisza. was eollatera
for mortgage loan owed b,
. man named C,h0lson "a "colouet
Christmas The mortgage wa
never paid and Ellza became IN
property ~ the rich planter
After a tow days tho Christina
family servants ct al moved &
IL cottage at Lake Harriet 10 ETA
/ iay the cecil summer temperature
60 famous near Minnesota lakes
( one day Elixa Winston me
Mrs Gates the wife ~ a ffc,
| Negro barber, and complained ina
her husband had left her propert,
1 but that she could neither yesid
there uar collect rent frum thas'
who tvp there The rich Colonel
enjoyed sc gains from her hsls
handH Investment
4 Mra Gates told lhe story tn
whit, woman who IN turn relatc.
iH 70 ~ = tahhItt. y pioneer rftt
gen and an Additional Rabbit
enlisted the help ~ William s
king eitor ot tho siinncapeii
Atlas. adieal newspaper wlacI
passsJ ep the opportunity Sc as
I SAIL the institution az slavery an
III Il r Cornell lawyer
The thrar men began w0fh q
. Fgiza freedom A complaint fils
lis AZ Rabbit and Mts Gate
charged tbat Ellsa Winston wa
Iuniawmlly held by she colonel
Judge q E VandgrburKh lssur
writ af hphsss corpus % togt
Ichrtatmaa % allow the woman &
( sppeaf Ia court Christmas wa
"a 20 = itNn@diatetN " q ~
. tHrnas mat there was a morcglen
an toat 10 take FltEa from Ri
lhbusehbld THE Colonel WITH q,
ldea that Elisa. who was only 8
wears at AEn iid not want ne
lrselum her property inheritance
lUr rentals talt her that when 81
saw any strange men around ~
must hide in ,hp wossitd area nea
inc cottage several times 81
/ found 81 necessary % Jotia~ he
masters advice Finally a SbcF
lfCs deputy sal volunteer ross
/ ~ A6oltimusts went 10 lhe Christ
naa cottage abd without resist