— Two slaves, mother and son, arrived in Boston a few days ago. They had been given
their freedom by their owner, a citizen of Mobile, Alabama, who also presented them with an order on a gentleman
in Boston for $100. [Douglas Monthly, Aug. 1, 1860, submitted by: Candi
H. - 2008]
— A secret society of negroes was recently broken up by the police, at Mobile, Ala, and five of their number have
been arrested. The discovery caused great excitement among the slaveholders, as they thought that the negroes in
that region had been secretly preparing for a general insurrection. The society was called the `Evening Star,'
and its objects were simply to take care of the sick and bury the dead of their people.
[Douglass' Monthly, Rochester N.Y., Sept. 1860 - contributed by: Candi H. -2008]
— One hundred and sixty-six negroes, belonging to the estate of Samuel Townsend, were recently sold at Huntsville,
Ala.—the average price being $823 14 apiece. [Douglass' Monthly, Rochester
N.Y., Jan. 1861]
— The Senate of Alabama has passed, a bill requiring all free negroes to leave the State by the 1st of January,
1862, or be sold into slavery. [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., Feb.
1861 - Contributed by a Friend of Free
Genealogy]
— Mr. Kyser communicates to the Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette the fact, that while he was taking up a subscription to aid
in uniforming the Richmond Grays, John, a slave belonging to a Mr. Coleman, promptly gave $10, remarking that he,
`being a slave, could not go himself, but that his money, his hogs, his cows, and his corn, were all at their disposal,
when needed, without money and without price!' [Douglas Monthly, Rochester,
N.Y., Feb. 1861 - Contributed by a Friend
of Free Genealogy]
— Another Arrival of Slaves at Mobile.
New Orleans, July 9. Sch. Clotilde, with 124 Africans on board, arrived at Mobile to-day. A steamboat immediately
took the negroes up the river. [Campaign Atlas and Bee, Boston, Sat. July 14, 1860- Contributed
by a Friend of Free Genealogy] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
April 18 1827
—Alabama
The legislature of
Alabama, at its last session, passed an act to prohibit the importation
of Slaves into that State for sale or hire. The act provides that any
person carrying negroes into the State, after the first day of August
next, for sale or hire, shall be liable to a fine of one thousand
dollars for each negro so carried into the State, and imprisonment. It
further provides, that persons who carry Slaves into the State for their
own use, shall not sell or hire them within two years after their
arrival. -
[Contributed by
Nancy Piper] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) April 18
1827
—
Savannah, March 11 - Errors Excepted
The Alabama Telegraph under the head of “mistakes
rectified,” states that “It having been shown to the satisfaction of the
Legislature of Alabama, that sundry females of this State had committed
mistakes, and married men who were not originally intended for them
(tho’ it is said that matches are made in Heaven!) “Acts have been
passed declaring eleven of such marriages void, and giving the parties
an opportunity of correcting the errors of their youth.”
Georgian. - [Contributed by Nancy
Piper] Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) April 15
1829
— Poisoned by Slaves.
This day an attempt an
attempt was made by some of the servants of Mr. Frank Nevitt, of
Alabama, to poison his family. The "West Alabamian" says, It
seems that the poison was put in the coffee at breakfast. Mr. and
Mrs. Nevitt and Mr. Norwood, the overseer, were the only
members of the family who drank coffee, and soon after breakfast they
were all afflicted with a peculiar blindness, dimness, and weakness of
limbs, which convinced them of the effort which had been made to take
their lives. A physician was soon called in, and they were relieved from
the effects of the poisonous drug. We understand that they have been
unable to learn which servant did the fiendish
act.
[Transcribed by C.
Anthony] Saturday, April 11, 1860, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States
Register, by Frances Vincent, 1860.
— Expelled for Not Making Known
His Opinions on Slavery.
Dr.
Meigs Case, an intelligent and educated gentleman, who had taken charge
of the Alabama Female College last September, was recently waited on by
a "committee of safety," who informed him that public opinion had
undergone such a change that he must leave. The only pretext for this
was his being a Northern man, as he had never given utterance to his
views on slavery. Only twenly-four hours were allowed for his
departure.
[Transcribed by C.
Anthony] Tuesday, January 31, 1860, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States
Register, by Frances Vincent, 1860.
— Sentenced for
Negro Stealing
Oliver Dennison, a young man and a
native of Essex. Conn., has been sentenced to fifteen years'
imprisonment in the Alabama State Prison, for stealing a
negro woman in New Orleans and trying to sell her in
Mobile.
[Transcribed by C. Anthony] Wednesday,
February 29, 1860, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register, by
Frances Vincent,
1860.
