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Northern Bells

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
October
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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- A coloree! man, formerlya slave at the South, staled, the other day, hat in the seotíon from which he carne, the laves watclred the signs of the times vvith enger hope. "Have you heard ariylhing from he North - from the Abolitionists - from Conoress?" - "Yes. I heurd mas'.er reading a ewspaper to-day to a gentleman, asi was assing n and out, pretending not to listen." 'Do you think it vvill come to anything- shall ve ever be free?" "'Yes, as sure as you live. t will lastsnd grow until weareall emanipated." He soid there were some ñames t the North, whích rung down among the )oor slaves. There was John Quincy Adame, is name rung loud- and one Garrison, and ne Theodore Weid- these ñames all rung mong the slaves at the Souih,andthe soundd like grcaí JYorthern bells, proclairning librty. ll is some consolaron that the burden f slavery is even now lightened by the inroduclion of hope: already the elave begins o üsten, to think, to reason. respecling his eing a freeman. The man referred to above, aid it was coramon for them to expect, that fthey are not emancipated, their children will be. Far differently will they regard icir children, with such a hope, than if íhe ead darkness of slavery liad not been assailed.JY. Y. Evan. The ühio Penitent ary netted $22,000 last fear.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News