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nc-10ifard *n o f i n. r-IN1)0d-u-o-10*u*Jfl*)Woilinndsatanofre-ra-liialandm-*7BBSin-\1Tee*tois-hendofeatireiefndyhn.Trotn (h« CIbv aland L«a*lar.FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE IN CANADA.About a month ago, an exceedingly good look-og oilorod woman, aged 28. escaped from her S »uthern mistress during a viall to Niagara Falla, and engaged aa a servant at thi Clifton Ilouae on the Canada aide. The former maater of Sarah Jane, on the 3d inti., aided by Shears the keeper of the Clifton, made an attempt to gel the woman back to rlavery. Mr. Shoara requested Sarah Jane to go to one of the cottages near the tho Hotel, for the purpoae of cleaning it, accompanying her himeelf to tho door. Aa aoon aa ahe entered, ahe found to her great cons* tarnation her former maater waiting to receiv* her. lie lockod the door, put tho key in hie pock, et, and then uiod every poaalblo art to induce hor to croa« the ritcr into the land of slavery Every offer, however, waa rejected, tho woman preferring freedom to alavery, with all Ita prom* med advantages. He kept her imprisoned for Romo time, threatening violence if necossnry to accomplish the ro-ehalttvemflnl of a free woman. Fortunately ths colored waiters at the Clifton got an inkliog of what wan going on, ttnd, on receiving no satisfaction from Mr. Shears, to whom they communicated their apprabensiuna, they broko the window where the woman waa confined, rescued her frjm the Southerner, and tent hot off to Toronto.The Toronto Globe aflya thl Cnio ol Sarah Jane is a very peculiar one.She waa born a free woman in New York «ity, but when only twolvo yeara of age was taken to Teiaa where she was mode a alova In the family of a Mr. Qiddings, with whom, we believo, ehe has ainee lived. She louged for freedom, ahe Boya, and It has been providentially arranged that sbo should at length gain the boon. If Mr. Shears acted the disgraceful part attributed to hltti, he is exceedingly rsprehonsiblo. Surely such scenes os the abovo aro fitted to convince the appologists of slavery that the jxniliar iniiitution is not the happy thing which they picture It, also wo would not witness a poor helpless girl, rosisting alike viol* ence aud bribes, cast herself upon strangers in a atrange land, preferring liberty tc all the sensual onjojmonta which a wealthy slaveholder could offer.
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The Anti Slavery Bugle
Salem, Ohio, US
Sat, Sep 17, 1859
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