Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — ADOPT METHODS OF WHITES [ARTICLE]

ADOPT METHODS OF WHITES

Couple Born in Slavery Appear In Grant County Divorce Suit. Marlon, Ind., April 7. —Enos and Hat tie Lambert, colored, who were slave* together on a southern plantation, W'ere principals in a divorce case before Judge H. J. Paulus in the circuit court. The husband is asking for the decree on the grounds of cruelty. It developed that after the emancipation of slaves Mr. and Mrs. Lambert left the same plantation together and Were married.-They came north to reside and, according to their stories, had no trouble until only a few months ago.