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Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, Contents. (search)
Thomas Cooper.
The person who assumed this name was called Notly, when he was a slave in Maryland.
He was compelled to labor very hard, was scantily supplied with food and clothing, and lodged in a little ricketty hut, through which the cold winds of winter whistled freely.
He was of a very religious turn of mind, and often, when alone in his little cabin at midnight, he prayed earnestly to God to release him from his sufferings.
In the year 1800, he found a favorable opportunity to e informed his master where he was to be found.
Accordingly, he came to Philadelphia, arrested him, and carried him before a magistrate.
Having brought forward satisfactory evidence that he was a slave, an order was granted to carry him back to Maryland. Isaac T. Hopper was present at this decision, and was afflicted by it beyond measure.
John's employers pitied his condition, and sympathized with his afflicted wife and children.
They offered to pay a large sum for his ransom; but his savage
The slave Hunter.
in July, 1802, a man by the name of David Lea, went to Philadelphia to hunt up runaway slaves for their Southern masters.
A few days after his arrival, he arrested a colored man, whom he claimed as the property of Nathan Peacock of. Maryland.
The man had lived several years in Philadelphia, had taken a lot of ground in the Northern Liberties, and erected a small house on it.
In the course of the investigation, the poor fellow, seeing no chance of escape, acknowledged that he was Mr. Peacock's slave, and had run away from him because he wanted to be free.
His friends, being unwilling to see him torn from his wife and children, made an effort to purchase his freedom.
After much intreaty, the master named a very large sum as his ransom; and the slave was committed to prison until the affair was settled.
David Lea was a filthy looking man, apparently addicted to intemperance.
Friend Hopper asked him if he had any business in Philadelphia.
He answered, No
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, William Bachelor. (search)
Levin Smith.
Levin was a slave in Maryland.
He married a free woman and had several children.
In 1802, his master sold him to a speculator, who was in the habit of buying slaves for the Southern market.
His purchaser took him to his farm in Delaware, and kept him at work till he could get a profitable chance to sell him. His new master was a desperate fellow, and Levin was uneasy with the constant liability of being sold to the far South.
He opened his heart to a neighbor, who advised hand with such a rabble at your heels!
When the circumstances were briefly explained, he laughed heartily, and said, I don't think they would have treated you so roughly, if they had known who you were.
He was informed that Levin was a slave in Maryland, but had been living in Delaware with a man who bought him, and had thus become legally free.
Measures were taken to protect him from further aggression, and he was never after molested.
Friend Hopper went home to a late breakfast; and when
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, The Quick-Witted slave. (search)
The Quick-Witted slave.
About the year 1805, a colored man, who belonged to Colonel Hopper, of Maryland, escaped with his wife and children, who were also slaves.
He went to Philadelphia and hired a small house in Green's Court, where he lived several months before his master discovered his retreat.
As soon as he obtained ntity of gin, with which he liberally supplied his guests.
He knew full well that they were both men of intemperate habits; so he talked gaily about affairs in Maryland, making various inquiries concerning what had happened since he left; and ever and anon he replenished their glasses with gin. It was not long before they were cs servant's ingratitude in absconding from him, and of the trick he had played to deceive him. He said he and his family had always been extremely comfortable in Maryland, and it was a great piece of folly in them to have quitted such a happy condition.
He concluded by asking for assistance in tracing them; promising to treat the
James Davis.
In 1795, James escaped from bondage in Maryland, and went to Philadelphia, where he soon after married.
He remained undisturbed for ten years, during which time he supported himself and family comfortably by sawing wood.
But one day, in the year 1805, his master called to see him, accompanied by two other men, who were city constables.
He appeared to be very friendly, asked James how he was getting along, and said he was glad to see him doing so well.
At last, he remarked, way till thou art sure thou hast a good chance.
This was all he could do for the poor fellow.
He was obliged to submit to seeing him bound with cords, put into a carriage, and driven off like a sheep to the slaughter-house.
He was conveyed to Maryland and lodged in jail.
Several weeks after, he was taken thence and sold to a speculator, who was making up a coffle of slaves for the far South.
After crossing the Susquehanna, they stopped at a miserable tavern, where the speculator and his com
Mary Holliday.
A very light mulatto girl, named Fanny, as slave to the widow of John Sears, in Maryland.
When about twenty-four years old, she escaped to Philadelphia, and lived in the family of Isaac W. Morris, where she was known by the assumed name of Mary Holliday.
She was honest, prudent, and industrious, and the familcess of law. Mrs. Sears replied, It is in vain to treat with me on the subject; for I am determined not to sell the woman on any terms.
I will take her back to Maryland, and make an example of her.
I hope thou wilt find thyself disappointed, rejoined Friend Hopper.
The slaveholder merely answered with a malicious smile, as iurt a long time; for no man understood better than Friend Hopper how to multiply difficulties.
Mrs. Sears frequently attended, bringing witnesses with her from Maryland; which of course involved much trouble and expense.
After several years, the trial came on; but it was found she had left some of her principal witnesses at hom
Sarah Roach.
Sarah Roach, a light mulatto, was sold by her master in Maryland to a man residing in Delaware.
The laws of Delaware prohibit the introduction of slaves, unless brought into the state by persons intending to reside there permanently.
If brought under other circumstances they become free.
Sarah remained with her new master several years before she was made aware of this fact.
Meanwhile, she gave birth to a daughter, who was of course free, if the mother was free at the time she was born.
At last, some one informed the bondwoman that her master had no legal claim to her services.
She then left him and went to Philadelphia.
But she remained ignorant of the fact that her daughter was free, in consequence of the universal maxim of slave law, that the child follows the condition of the mother.
When the girl was about sixteen years old, she absconded from Delaware, and went to her mother, who inquired of Isaac T. Hopper what was the best method of eluding the vigi
The slave of Dr. Rich.
In the autumn of 1828, Dr. Rich of Maryland came to Philadelphia with his wife, who was the daughter of an Episcopal clergyman in that city, by the name of Wiltbank.
She brought a slave to wait upon her, intending to remas reflection, she said, Then there is nothing left for me to do but to run away; for I am determined never to go back to Maryland.
Friend Hopper inquired whether she thought it would be right to leave her mistress without any one to attend upon hegain assured that she was not; and they fell into some general discourse on the subject of slavery.
Suppose you came to Maryland and lost your horse, said the Doctor.
If you called upon me, and I told you that I knew where he was, but would not infduced them both.
In 1801, a sober industrious family of free colored people, living in Pennsylvania on the borders of Maryland, were attacked in the night by a band of kidnappers.
The parents were aged, and needed the services of their children f