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ibisji'Ct* ere i in |at it |Uerin-ieu-Iteowasrks; the i ofmu a 1 105ft 11-i bylhateiv,ipl -iu-ii the was feu-1 bj tab-'*«rV_jpleopt-I.isla-»S o|pnr-reralTt* IflI HtCixI he Si . Lou is Republican nfSunday mora ine skives ibo lolhtwtug account oi a cruci decep- iftep*(lt;cn practiced up m a oo ony yf negroes in Tennessee,bj *hich they wt re induced to seek a future home in K-omas, and who now li .dihemselves in St. Louis in an entirely diestiP»Plt;MMuaSUitiutinhave*10lt;F*tufe coudilion:A colony consisting of forty-two negroes arrived in this city a Couple of davB ago and established themselves in an allev beiwecn Kighih and N.nth streets and Morgan street and Ohr s y avenue, They are in a s a»e ol jBoelt; gr.*at desMtuiion and ir«* the v.ctims of a nio^t1 and cruel and Rnsehss trick They had betnlGod living on a plantation in II ckman county. wha Tenn, about rtby miles from Nashville 1 beei S unetime ago two or three strange* white men went alnong and gave tln-m glowing accounts of the country in (Cansis telltngvthem that the government was desirous t»t having It settled up as fist as possible, and lhat every ten families who would a;*ree to go aud ! ve there would be furnished at £t. Louis with a i.ecd to 1G0 ;tcres ol good land, two horse-, a wagon and six mouths rations. Gkunprod by such a prospect, they raisedwas tory lei tlyinthating.thatmotproraniUi'iit SUCC. cded 111 purdinsing tr;»n~prfi*tkiimi to this c:tv. Arriving here they found t(i*y had bo/u victimized, and they are now Without fo.hI.shelter, or Humus to travel else where. About twenty ol the number areehnd ret i.don ter the; the: Ha i
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Ottumwa Democrat
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 22, 1875
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TN, USA 06 Jul 2017
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