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Slave Revolt on a Louisiana Planta-TfoN —rTbe New Orleans Delta publishes the la following account ol a revolt among the slaves 1* It on. the planlalt; ion of Hewitt. Heran Co., near I itNew Orleans, on. Friday. 13th inst. 1On Friday morning an insurrection of the nnegroes took places on the plantation ol Messrs. 1 Hewitt, Heran Co.. about ten miles below tlthe city, on the line of the Mexican Gulf rail* I r way. As for as we can gather from the various pstatements afloat, we believe the following par sticolars are as correct as 'to be obtained at pres- I fant A negro man belonging to Mr Hewitt chacf te?en refractory tor sometime past, for which d he was threatened 'with puniOtftent. on pri I clast, about noon, be commit.'ed another fault I t and became abusive. The overseer ordered lt;' * | , V Ihim to be whipped and called the driver to lay 11hint down by force for that purpose. The ne* s g.ro replied to this that no white man should ev- c er whip him and live. This appeared to be fthe signal for an outbreak, for*the driver then I£ refused to perforrn his duty. The overseer find- c ing himself povirerless and in danger, went for c assistance to the adjoining plantation of Mr- f Svdney Story, returned with Mr. Batts, his overseer, each being armed. On entering the plant-1 ation they found the negroes, about 70 in number, had quit their work, and many of the men were grouped together, as if in. consultation. The two overseers approached, and demanded of them to return to their work forthwith, or all should be punished. Just at this moment Mr. I S ory entered, having a sword cane in his hand. The overseers had scarcely ceased speaking when the negro driver bid them defiance, and, calling to the others, he. shouted—-‘‘Now let us kill them all—Liberty ot Death ! ’ Here a
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Binghamton Courier
Binghamton, New York, US
Wed, Mar 04, 1846
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