Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — A Canard. [ARTICLE]

A Canard.

The story about Southern negroes being kidnapped into slavery in Cuba, which was started when poor Congressman Leonard left on his ill-stai red trip to Havana, turned out to be only a sensation. The report which the Be ‘retary of the Navy has received from th 3 commanding officer of the South Pacifc staI tion doubtless has jmfnething in it, He

says that American merchantmen axe engaged in the ooohe trade, taking* samen from their native land to the Sandwich islands, where they are forced to make labor contracts to procure their liberty, and a vessel recently wrecked on a Pacific island was found to °ontam.fiQg.. by th<SV”iS e StatoTaX“l where they embarked. The matter was talked over aVWecenk Cabinet Nrtwiirg, and instructions will doubtless be sent commanders of Government vessels to seize all ships engaged in the man trade.