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rangments made lot- putting1 it into execution. Bennett procured a strong bex large enough to hold the human chattel, and on the Morning of the iCth July, ttie day appointed on which hU boat was expected to return, the iiavb* laid on his iiaek in the box, first baling sokhfe liliesbored in the tfdes 16 secure sufficient fresh air for breathing. ’TThe lid was then placed ow, and seciiffety nailed' and labeled. '‘John Bennett, this side tfp with cite.** Bennett then procured a dray and placing the box upon It, had it battled down to the wharf and placed Upon the wbarl boat bj Capt. Shaw, to await the return of the boat to which be belonged. Here the box was, left exposed to the direct rays of an almost tropical sun, until human existence within It could continue no longer, and while Capt Shaw was quietly seated npcrh it, bdd ruminating no doubt upon the Uncertainty of all earthly things, a sepulchre voice from within called out, ‘'Open this box!” With one bound the Capt. almost cleared the’whart boat and barely escaped a watery grave, but col-looting bis scattered senses he procured assistance and opened the box, and lb, In. stead of crockery ware, there was a real live nigger—the chattel of a southern gentleman. This took ' place on a beautiful Sabbath morning' while the Oonyregailons of the various churches were collecting to worship that being who has said, “Open the prison doors or those that are bound.*' Bnt the news of the discovery of a live nig-gerin nbox flew overthe city like wildfire, and of course no Southern 'gentleman or lady could feel religiously Inclined, when so startling a eurcumstnnce had just transpired in their midst, and all the* congfrega-
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Richmond Indiana Radical
Richmond, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1869
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