Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 September 1907 — Page 1

Jasper

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Vol. 60.

Jasper, Indiana. Friday, September 20, ioot. 1 "

SLAVERY IN AMERICA.

No. l.

By Rk-hanl M. Mil burn. INTRODUCTION. j-. .1 M II I !

.south v;is a iavoraoie lano lor siawrv

Ire. n . gnij from Africa and sold them at a tfood profit in the est Indie He made several voyages after that Om of ,. mrioZtim tt motor ana usually round a ready sale for them. As the num- forestry it the mm of beautiful old berol Indians in the West Indies became more reduced ,nk took. The amputation of the demand for negro's lave to take their place became nrAr, or (lrrttl Virnh ' aP etwtol-

N.iithwasa favorable land lor s averv. Larire more pronounced. rr,T.wTwT lu". r UB"

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Büvwnes oi inline mnu, warm cumaie, ai once congenial avwempi raaue ov nniianu to establish a svs-gu-ai operations on human beings to the ne$ro and enervating, and some regions unhealthy tematic trade in slaves was in 1G1S, when a patent was iwnving cavities are cleaned and to the whites ar.d where they did not care to work, ail panted to Sir Robert Rich, who later became the Earl of f!!l"1 a preaawini cwnt, at k helned to draw slavery to America. Warwick, and some others for this purpose. It did not '' ,,,01 ,iod?-llÄK An1 It was planted first n the Spanish colonies of the West prove profitable and the charter lapsed. I ttSZot Indies, but it spread as soon as toe main land was settled introduced in Virginia. Slavery was bound to come threading branch, where little aong the cast from Jamestown both North and South, to Virginia in course of time anyway. If the Dutch trader bollowi night hold dampno. and as the I'nited States is concerned, the experimental nad not brought them in somebody else would have,!?0 lf,,'a.v- Snn, hiadiw , j was in the Seventeenth Century, and principalis1 in done so." There is more or less of a mvstery surround- pntnt" "n11 dr'rve land and Virginia, in this ship. ?w a Dutch traders when they brought their human freight Jnn kolle writes in lbHJ "About the last of August Australia now BaiaaMM tlx- deepI . .I. m stown arena merely mint to open up a new Held eame in a Dutch man of warre, that sold us 20 negars." m pM mis in the world. The iif commerce. The banters, whlourilt this new commod- T'u'1 uroes had been captured twice, once on the Gold at Np.w (,!,mn ,raiIwc)' nt to did it probat without a feeling of certainty as v the Coast of Africa and once in the Indies. The identity ofT u0nr hc00 ultimate success of slavery. They probably bought them UNS slave ship is still disputed. It is not impossible that the quarta there tapped baa 'beta experiment, only. she was. one of those irregularly commissioned vessels mmphd and crushed, with the re-.

Th,.v fiiunil these neirroes to lx untamed, dull, degraded which the Karl f arwick and other Kntrlishmen sent to nut that a yield of gold equul to an

If tb..i- thnv ... .nl.J seour the seas, flt least, so thinks Dr. Chnnninir hut it ou,,('e Fr t,m htt9 bwn obtained. JANI'HK.

Ulli ;vt I - nuuud. v iw u ii "."iv im ii in-uu i tuv i v'uiv ' r . ............ k, , , v. v . . J 1. I- .' . 1 U .U 1.1 1 k iL:.. i.omc th'lt tliii lwi:t tK.iam' ic !-,., ; n nti,,i,;nonnf ine ""'"'"'"w 111 nun nave

ever n.aKe uiem int iauuier uuu nrvuiU Lie wuiui men ..t.v v.ov i.v,. .o v.mi. v von oiup ocui i((.en t4.,u.j hv overnnient ofRciali

the Sp in- ont Dy some traders under some sort of authority from ; riew of the fact that never before uncertain tne IVince of Orange.' Brown says that hejhas nowhere in the world's kurkmj has gold been Two ma- stated in any contemporaneous document that obtained from so low a depth as these were the earliest importations of negroes.' tlin 0 quarter of a mile. la i ei e . i

detoved As slaves were introduced into the Somen Islands as

the original population so that thev had nothing to fear early as 1616, it is by no means impossible that a few may from the Indians or of their ever joining in an insur- nave been brought to Jamestown before 1619. Though

with the Indian; . there was no pressing demand tor them, those that were 1. The Spaniards viewed the negro and worked him col- brought met with a ready Sale." "Negroes soon com-j .elv and not individuall v. He was driven to the manded as rcaiy sale in Virginia as rum and sugar."" fields and back again to the barracks. He was always a INCEBASB In Slave Tradl. -Though England was the machine with the Spaniard; the problem was to get as last to enter the traffic in slaves, she som became the much work as possible out of him before he was worn out, leader in this industry. It is not just certain what part if he was incapacitated, whether it would be a finan- Queen Elizabeth took in this trade. She is said to have cial investment to cure him. The idea of treating issued a patent to John Hawkins in the 80th year of her

jUi il is not crcain uiai ne ever maae

Wm. A. Wilson, General Insurance, and Loans. Kann Loans il .r per cent. Jasper. Ind.

FRANK L. BETZ Utorney at Law and Tension Attorney. arUl pnetfo la Ddboll ni ao"joiEiD .untied. Prompt atteution given to collection!. Notary I'uMicin office. tatf Iiif. Fire ami 4a ideal Insurance Cc)mjaiiies repreenieJ. T2 2LLMER'B LiVkPY 110 FEED STADL fc.

INDIANA.

maintenance, iney rati tne partial success t B Vst Indies before them, but this was an guide, as the conditions were entirely different, terial differences may be noted:

1. The naniarus bv their harsh usaee had

joining

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him humanlv. or as his h and dogs w ated even- reign out it is not certain tnai ne ever maae a voyage un- I s KTT centered his mind. The Virginian had a different this patent KfVm mWC&'i , ,r imnin makiiu- a slave out "t the Charles 1, in lh.l, granted a charter to a second Atncan lArirHPBaWjEj

neuro Hi i, lea was more that of the Enelish country company and the rights of this one being surrendered in

nrLm.n TIp PvnprtPd to live on his estate himself, l'i:. a .harter was granted to a company known as Uip.11J;'iiVlfh'my'

b. ...... , r u, Koval Atncan I oninanv ana t inis was gixeii me auu-, , r KrUM,a he

witn nis negrLKfs arouna mm. 10 mio. to-hw 11- . - , ., jn u.Cfc a fourth '. i. ., k,ow Whether be i.

saa

lly, to physic them, give them in marriage

l demanded it, swear at tnem. iA. ...II I U l.nnnn clnl'iin' I 'i It rU3 Q

l"-lra KnVlTrte V v akcufties close ef the seventeenth century

love von Hut

ves any one

t be overcome.

wing:

charter was granted in 1670. It was to this company that tl8?

,WKfrtW mrict rt hor BISVAS tin TO trie

I'1' , i i iL a. V . '. uam( nlk nAlf

, V IllLt SCI VltUUC liun It was the policy of the

Our :iTct of Gnl Work.

,e En "J-r'J began to give way to slavery. It was the policy o Among these ma be enumerated the gg andf Diike f the of

com-

a.- !kt am'jhm.. Cm U . n,.l,.ni.... onnnf mßntc

o" .... u mnv. i ) encourage m ivr-i in uic tominca u iiutuwcnw

.A ..K rTn that cut off the supply of Indented servants. In VW.tte

OilU UlC I If 1 J WUUIU llvl Ur wiiiuiiivu v. .-

alar,c number of indented white senn urn a. AAtowJSfcf tod With rum in New Eng me. There was a struggle between the i tj osj and for n roe3 in Africa the negro, being fitter tobe a slave than was the wwa d g brou ht t0 the West Imll,

remained master of the field.

CHAPTER L Suvlry in the Colonies -European Idea a

EKY.

i-tne Kea. laleel Mylea, aretyttacai jicliuM-i mW. Free .tall. leuty uf vetev tor nuaMn w Uk la inwu. 'wrnnii.r teaaan it .loes not -ost on ,( to li'trli ari l fel in my wagun

var i it i mm.- livery table. PKfiD VOLLMER, Trop

llarblsou Trustee's Ntitlce Notu-t 1 henvLy jfiven hat th underiUuei Truate of Ilarbnuin towuahip. till t . ml to towmkip hiiainece on each UonUay of the year, at my oifice, and deraona having townahip buniueu to traaaact are required to present it to bim on Monday The towuN iip Itoraty be loot at ne home near Daboif, J as 1.. I i a ki kh, Tmetee. Juu I, M 5. f . .Jt'tlerNoii Tp. NOtiro. Tbe uuderai ned trustee of JtfTereou Itowutihip, IhiboiR county heieby (fires aetiea tlntt : ill atten i tu hI I buaiii aartalaiBI to the tl. uf Trustee a bia

DnXk! S. in llirilHfye Indiana on the TuetdavH of each ei-k ßnt r 1 r recent it oil office ilava .JnllS V I NLOW. Truatef.

Jn. 5. 05 lyr uadlaou Tuwnsblp Trustee Notice. Notice te aiven that hereafterTet hiros tse of Ma UBt-n township will b at hi tfltee Mcfa Satnrtlay at liif residence one utile boiitli went o. Inland, Ind, fur the purxiae of alt ,(J tOWDebip DiiHinefe, an.' all ier ifTfv U I uaineee with the towaabip mW picte l to confine it to thoae days. The township library ia kepi at bam'l Keane' in Ireland, where all may i ll ain the books. Tbe Indiana School books will be fjind at Heaiy Suron.er'H etore at ah bJQse. Haxuix A. (ilkzin, Jan ., i j Trustee Mad iaon Tp.

1 hese neirro

ies of the South-

iwdAnüa onH ovpVinncrPtl for molasses or tobacco, the

II V.V'U7lli-0 C 1 I V WMNMOTM "O . ' molasses beinij taken back to New England ana the to- -a eaa, neighbor, afetra B to SLAV- bacco to EuroI?e; Chariet,w, Baltimore and Norftjlk 'ZXL, . were also participants. The chiel centers in tngiana rnIllllulf:e Bll,e to get money to clotll

were London, Liverpool and Bristol, lne slave trane as thl. U,,M.

- i -Li.. . L,, Ut not Lihii-n t hi kcvii nnon. wnen

The idea held in Western Kuro M Ä tondndaä ninewo ships em-l Two imcn ihe .vventeenth eentun- was that it was inconsisieni un t-.tt fnrtu-seven thousand neirroes in .. i,5n,i suitor .ttMt .

Christian duty for Christians to hold t hnstiana .a. w. w f h ß to 9ooö,000,l. 5,pml .t u.nworU,. But this Charit v did not extend to hea hens and inhdels annua, to tne co on e n , , Ed

"SSiW Z n about ffitÄ ÄÄof these were carried by K'Ä'Ä ÄttWÄ of SM MJ the Äd right of fifty acres of .and for SÄ

s th cnt mnt lrrotS Orollirru ill Uliei !" ' " , a. elf r.r anod .lnna

s. Mr junn iiahin innwuy tu.,; rraAfji of And bv means oi mese , , ; :4T".i T...

ri i,j ...U..., inf tn u 'nil-ri'mnn- Ulm stuicu uivu ..hv . mm ' 1".,. iron

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Booue Township Trustee's Notice. Tne undersigned, Trustee of Boone iownehip, Dubois county, hereby gives notice that he will attend to all business -ertainiug to the othce of Trustee, at bis residence, four-miles southwest of Portersville.on Katurdayiof each week, ani requests all persons having township business to present it onSutuiday. Citizens desiring books from the Townshp' Library, are notitied that the Library is tept et my residence. Bchool look(i at Janien Mulky'e

I'orteniville. rrrKK J. iinark Trustee Hooue Tp Jan. ft, 1905-j.

-t nit i nrisiiaii wunu neu m k; fc" " . , u ,nA ,.irkt (trance from Queen Eahabet as to his traffic in human Wj

todies he deel .red in substance, that slavery Wm

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r.oAUTn mi' Si avn PoitlaTION In the first half ot the - nerer did, but I expected hed

not oni vj uk. a io mlmiflfl was almost ask mo to tlio into show, nl ho

.it hnnn rn thn whites but a DOSltlVe benefit tO tne ii u iu . , . , u,üi.a . ,u nh, hmlirht nrctcn.ld he wa-n t going, nml I

u'hn v n VV Ml C It'Ol) t'. Illiv tnciv; imv. n,..vj rr-- ... , , , , i ,i,- UM,.i .1

su,,:5- . . L r..,.u on1 iUa Trfn i i rpr hrouht an v , . i : v..

u-r. f-ir Us OVer OV Hie UUltu buwshn v- . von su po-o wns uoing oj ms CI1 iL,. ; tu oonm vaof nn tiioiv wt'iv orouelit I or almost I

free man in AI- ui i' ' r"'' " " i iti -

1 . I ll' t h . il'. i l ili i UI1 t- U tL' l Iii l.ill Ivl II . tf.irn III'; 1 ' 'II' ' i" V

. ... ' u;u fhnf haul Immni horn there loud ibore the down prarlo whir of

I ircTini:i ni- iitiuili lwu tiumicn na- " "T-7"r Iv 1- r , m ;i

Ihn ll--ir. .--ii i um' i. w .

. es themselves for the following rea

I . The condition of slaves in the colonies

. Table than was the condition of the

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- A ixisitive service and a lasuiiK uonaaia w yv. ' . It mM seem from this that in

un- five years but one negro had died, the rate of mortality

l i rv i r . k i iv nr in ia.' - - - -"

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RAILROAD EXCURSIONS. Colonics ratei to all point?, at Ies tliKii one fare for tbe round trip, ale HoaMeMkesa rtlOI to tbe North, Sotitd and West at ahout one farr for tliennnb trip. Tleketfl sold the timt and third Toeeday of each month. There is now a rate to Bran rh points of MM fare for the round trip 'iufc- evening train of each Saturday pood returning until Amt train Monday. Tickets lie alao sold on Sunday at oue irertfore round trip, a SOUTHERN RY., TIME TABLE.

the litj

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... .yf i.ittY- nn.i.tiini tr ';, ;i ,i o ml uiv i'iiuv'i

enviable d st notion of being tne nrsi unuwi 1 nö,V Ii nnl need acohmatinn TO in the traffioof nepro alavea with Xmenea pro -" JjJ Cant Gray bSt aboat twenty aegna in bÄv belonaa to Sir John Hawkins There had been ne- . '" -,(Xne" 4 he tia.l oaptured from another po slaves Erauaht to this country long before that and the hip 1 oati e no Virginia, lie,

. o . . a i . a. i i, ,.. nv vi 1 im iiir :Mir i Mi, m a. v a 1 - -' n . . . .

e i.amartls had no conduction in miucmg me inuuu y - - htv-live hotheads an.l live huttes Itvery, although at first they met with some oppo JKK? 101 nRm

uten Isalella. Co umbus was tneiirst 10 maKe yjjy:L

1

in to

un from 0

es ..ut nf thp Inrlinn iwaii.m? ho had the first oppor-

' -ty. The Indians of North America did not make sat-, BtJattory slaves as thev were too lazy and too dangerous ( to their mütoiM hnt tVirwsp f th West Indies were far ,

toow tractable and a little more willing to work. Their

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.lohn S. Bassett, Slavery ami öervuuue m n Hildreth, Vol 1, p. 44. Bruce. Economical History of Virginia. Chancellor and Hughes. Vol. I, p 4i. ttn-nu Glox-orv in Virginia. UD -"

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Vol. 11. p

pp.

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rnoers, however, were soon greatly reouteti u History U. Vol. 1. P- 214

inemines.- . SS Brown, Genesis of the U. S p wi. .It was in 1567, that John Hawkins in his third 1 oage f Bruce Vol w p. s2 , 7; M Wltb Traneis Drake, as one of his captains, took AV hun- M Bruce Economical History of Virginia. Vol. 11, pp w.

Haating Water In a Papar Bag. "1 luiil no 'mt wiitiT for hlujvlnR at Um litt!' (inuitrv hotol and acDafdirtfly battaal sonic in a-parn'r ''Heated wator in a pajxr lag?" Suit"'

'"How can that be done?" "You tako a stout )4per bag; or an eim-lopo will io a- well nil it I with water and hold it over a gaa flame or a lamp. The water beats readily. Tbe paper doesn't burn leai tine it i wet, and wet paper is a jinßularlv tough and nonenmbustihlo iilwtance. "Mitnv nnd many a time have I heati I BTtf tbe caa jet an envelope or a paper bag of hot water for my having, and not onco have 1 had an accident.-

Ta loHowlag aaaaslals pibllasd only 10(01 1 1 1 Hi loll tool not Knxrittiti ri h I H I Mi li'HI K.. No. ?. pH iiKr ar. 11:17 a. " it. llaattM l.. " p " a, BMsassMaf :0u p. 10, - J C IL I -T Id il Mi II III Iii. So I. paaaenarar I v. 4 .10 a n, m n a. " etil a. . a. iimaai ' i M t saa 1 aafUl umi BValTSl ULtl xin 111 aat r i' c I, ,..i...l Iv : HI

'a 'niuiia i-xiireaa In Hü a

" In. pu'iiif r 7 ml p MoaTH Uui MD, Nn '. iiucenirr" ar. I f h 1 imll ami npr-aa H 40 a 11, aacMi 11 Ha. . k. Biay safci Am , JaajaWi

m. sa. in. I. 111. III. Ill III.

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GREAT Summer. Discount now on at Drauabun's Practical Buat nti Col. Ii'gea, Kransvllle nml I'adurali. sTKv HCiirAd or mi ni v bnck. May, If prefer, taka lasaons II Y MAIL t'BKR and enter coIIk later and aave cost of board, etc. Writ ar cataiufua aad " uauBr uiscouut taru."