07 Jul 1837
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Newspaper
The Philanthropist
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1837
Page
1
The Philanthropist weekly in Cincinnati announces subscription at two dollars per year payable in advance. Communications should be directed to C K Busawart for business and to editors for the department. address details follow for postal purposes.
From the London Youths Magazine a poem depicts a slave ship leaving shore under a bright sky. A prince among the enslaved calls his tribe to seek freedom as lash and groan mark the bondage, while a stern figure points toward the sea.
John Murray of Bowling Bay near Glasgow condemns anti African prejudice shown by a ship captain who refused a cabin to a colored man. He argues that color-based disqualification is Christianly unjust, cites God’s creation of all nations, and urges Scottish readers to oppose such bias as a public offense.
A Colored American editor recalls church caste in New York and outlines a chilling Delaware Maryland tale of Kidnapping and murder. It details Patty Cannon and Joe Johnson activities with houses used to store abducted people and the fate of several captured victims and accomplices. The piece also notes the long reach of these crimes into Dorchester and Sussex counties and later arrests.
A Mobile merchant’s debtor fights to keep his slave Martha as creditors force a sale. The slave resists, seeking freedom with her master or a new master, while broker and officers clash with pleas and bids. Martha ultimately escapes with her purchaser in Savannah.
The letter accuses William Stones of engaging in slave trading in Savannah, recounting an auction where Stones bought a woman and two children. An era Methodist informant recalls the woman’s distress and the aid of a milk offering, while noting Stones as a city marshal and church member. Additional notice references a public sale in Rodney Mississippi on June next involving John J. W. Ross real estate.
Writs of execution direct the Jefferson county sheriff to sell at public auction on the first Monday in June and second Monday in June diverse property including enslaved people Hardy Jane and others, 100 cords of wood, a race horse Little Jack, land tracts, and household lots in Rodney and Fayette with named owners and creditors.
The commentary critiques Mr Wise of Virginia on Texas admission to the Union arguing slavery expansion must be opposed to preserve the union. It warns southern balance of power relies on new slave territories while free states have room for more. The piece cites Rev James Nourse of Pennsylvania and notes rhetorical and political tensions amid sectional conflict.
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