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^ ■ ' j i [ • • 1 .. iFoe Ta«mtCA.L.BemMKeim of tie U*4er-fwM Ultfl iKoaa.Wayne Co., Ind, Dee. *99.In the summer of 1844, when the two fr«t pottttflalpartlosof the country Were eeeh striving to elevate Iti standard bearer to the Presidential Chair, there W*» living *md tolling in the city of Memphis, Tenn., a large, athletic colored mao, the property of a rich planter of Mississippi^, Being a trubtymau hew as permitted by hie mas. tec to hire bis Ume, and by paying his mas. ter.the regular stipulated monthly wages, all he could make over that amount he was permitted to call his oWn. By Industry and economy he bad accumulated quite a little fundforfuture emergencies. In the same city lived the family of a freeman of color by the name of John Bennett, who was steward on a steamboat plying be. tween Louisville and New Orleans.1 On a down trip of this boat. Bennett; staid oft at Memphis with his family, hiring a man to takqjbis place on the boat until its return, and during this time he became acquainted with the slave aoove mentioned. During onoof-tbe interviews of these two vafn the slave offered ito pay IJecne|Y fT5 if lie would bring about Borae plhti by Which he could escape from his master, ami reach a land where freedom was a reality, and not an empty name. After mattire deliberation, a plan was agreed upon and ar-rangments made for putting it into execution. Bennett procured a strong boxA. «. .1 t %__‘-L'+
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Richmond Indiana Radical
Richmond, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1869
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