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Show 102 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. with no better SUCCCSS. rfhc captain called hi ' lllCll torrcthcr anJ after a . hort con. uUation, the orclcr to march ~a divcn. A.s th y pa · ·cd out of the gate, the captain turned back, and pronounce<l a nutlelliction 011 the hou c. Ilc saiJ it ought to be lntnl c(l to ancl each of its inn1atcs rccci\·c thil'ly"\ Y 0 ca1nC out of this af'Hti r Yery fortnl o. ing any thing except ~o1nc we<.ning the ground, nine la hcs. natcly ; not apparel. . , Towards CYClllllg the turbulence lllCl'Ca:ed. rl he soldiers, stitnulated by drink, connnitted f;till grunter cruelties. ~hrieks and shouts continually r ent the air. Not daring to go to tlw Joor, I peeped. under the window curtain. I saw a n1ob dragging along a nutnbcr of colorccl people, each \vhite n1an, with his nntt-kct uprai eel, threatening in~tant death if they dicl not stop their shriek . .A.1nong the pri ·oner · ·was a respectable olJ colored n1inister. They hacl fonncl a few varccls of hot in his hou ·e, which his wife ha<l for year n~cd to balance her scales. For this they \Vere going to shoot hi1n on Court IIouso Green. \Vltat a spectacle ,vas that for a civilized country! A. rabhlo, taggcring under intoxication, a s1.uning to be tho achnini trators of justice ! The better claf-;s of the con1n1unity oxortocl their influence to save tho innocent, per ·ecutecl people · and in several in tances they succeeded, by koopi ng them shut up in jail till the excitc1ncnt abated. At last the white citizens found that their own property was not safe fron1 the lawlcfis rahblo they hau sn1nn1onctl to protect thmn. They rallied the drunken F··:ann, tlrorc tbctn back into the country, anu set a gua,n.l over tlLc town. Fear of Infurrection. 103 The next day, the to,vn patrol ·wore con1n1i.-sioned to search colored. p. oplo that livell out or the <'ity; and the n1o t shocktug outrages \Vere con11ni itctl with perfect in1punity. l1..vcry day for a fortnight, if I looked _out, I sa:v h orsetucn ·with son1e poor panting negro t10d to their sacld.les, and con1pcllod by t he lash to keep up 'viLh their speecl, till they arri vou at the jail yaru. 'rhoso \vho had l.Jeen 'vhippccl too un1uercifully to walk w·ere \va.-hocl with brj ue, to· o<l into a cart, and carried to jail. One l.Jlack 1nan, \vho had not fortitude to endure seonrgino·, protni ·ed to o·ivo infonnation al.Jout the conspiracy. J3ut it turned bout that he know nothing at all. lie hau not oven hoard the nan1e of Nat Turner. Tho poor fcllo\v had., however, 1nado up a story, which augn1entod his O\Vn sufferings and tho, e of tho colored p oplo. The day patrol continued for on1e \voek. , and at sundown a night guaru ·was sub -tituteu. Nothing at all was provoJ agaiu:t tho colored people, bond or free. The wrath of tho laveholders was ·on1cwhat appoa eu by the capture of Nat Turner. The i1npri one<l wero released. The slaves wore sent to their 1na ters and ' the free were pennitted to return to their raYnged h01ncs. Vi ·itin<Y \Va trictly forlJicluen on the plantations. The ·lave begged tho pri Yil "\ge of again nleeting at their little church jn tho \Vood , \YiLh their burying ground around it. It \\ras built by tho colorecl people, and they had no higher happine.-s Lhau to 1nc~et there and sing hyn1ns together, and pour out their heart in spontan ous prayer. Th ir r oqnc.t \Vas dcnioc1, and the ch nrch \\'as d c tnol ishe<l. Th .r wv rc penniUed to u.tLcnu tlto wl1itc Glntn·il u:-5, a eertaiu pur- |