The Anti Slavery Reporter 83

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ISBN 13 : 9781333197544
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book The Anti-Slavery Reporter, Vol. 5 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Anti-Slavery Reporter, Vol. 5: October 1, 1832 With his wife and adopted family now assembled around him, the old man (so Mr. Barclay styles him) perhaps looked forward to the enjoyment of comfort in their society during the remaining years of his life; but his prospect of happiness was soon closed. A new overseer came to Chiswick estate, who, upon some cause of complaint against Joseph, sent him to the workhouse of St. Thomas in the East! There strict discipline, hard labour, and hard fare, wore down his body and his spirit. He returned to Chiswick, at the term of his confinement, an altered man; and a few months closed the career of this wealthy slave, (the other name by which Mr. Barclay designates him). We do not mean, adds the editor, to accuse the overseer of Chiswick of hav ing acted with causeless severity towards Joseph Marriott; he had been an indulged slave, and perhaps forgot his station nor would we lead our readers to under stand that he was treated in the St. Thomas' in the East workhouse with a harshness beyond the discipline of a house of correction: he had been an ia dulged slave, and was now an old man, ' and the consequence we have described might haw; been produced without unusual severity. We wish only to show the working of the present system of slavery and to lead our readers to appreciate the words of Mr. Barclay, when he says here is a wealthy slave purchasing the manumission of a woman with a large family, ' who had yet no wish to change his own condition.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.