Volume III Part 20 (1/2)
William Craze, jailor, Alexandria, La. in the ”Planter's Intelligencer.” Sept. 26, 1838.
”Committed to jail, a negro slave--his back is _very badly scarred.”_
John A. Rowland, jailor, Lumberton, North Carolina, in the ”Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer,” June 20, 1838.
”Committed, a mulatto fellow--his back shows _lasting impressions of the whip,_ and leaves no doubt of his being A SLAVE”
J.K. Roberts, sheriff, Blount county, Ala., in the ”Huntsville Democrat,” Dec. 9, 1839.
”Committed to jail, a negro man--his back _much marked_ by the whip.”
Mr. H. Varillat, No. 23 Girod street, New Orleans--in the ”Commercial Bulletin,” August 27, 1838.
”Ranaway, the negro slave named Jupiter--has a _fresh mark_ of a cowskin on one of his cheeks.”
Mr. Cornelius D. Tolin, Augusta, Ga., in the ”Chronicle and Sentinel,”
Oct. 18, 1838.
”Ranaway, a negro man named Johnson--he has a _great many marks of the whip_ on his back.”
W.H. Bra.s.seale, sheriff; Blount county, Ala., in the ”Huntsville Democrat,” June 9, 1838.
”Committed to jail, a negro slave named James--_much scarred_ with a whip on his back.”
Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga., in the ”Georgia Messenger,” July 27, 1837.
”Ranaway, my man Fountain--he is marked _on the back with the whip.”_
Mr. John Wotton, Rockville, Montgomery county, Maryland, in the ”Baltimore Republican,” Jan. 13, 1838.
”Ranaway, Bill--has _several_ LARGE SCARS on his back from a _severe_ whipping in _early life.”_
D.S. Bennett, sheriff, Natchitoches, La., in the ”Herald,” July 21, 1838.
”Committed to jail, a negro boy who calls himself Joe--said negro bears _marks of the whip.”_
Messrs. C.C. Whitehead, and R.A. Evans, Marion, Georgia, in the Milledgeville (Ga.) ”Standard of Union,” June 26, 1838.
”Ranaway, negro fellow John--from being whipped, has _scars on his back, arms, and thighs.”_
Mr. Samuel Stewart, Greensboro', Ala., in the ”Southern Advocate,”