Slave Life in Georgia - African American History

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testimonials, which I have examined, seem to me to recommend him strongly,
and his plan shows him to be a man of strong mind.
I am sure you will exert your influence on his behalf, and if you can procure
him a favourable opportunity of advocating his views in Manchester you will
oblige
Yours most sincerely,
S. ALFRED STEINTHAL.
Rev. J. R. BEARD, D.D.
The testimonials which John Brown has produced satisfy us that his narrative is
a truthful one, and as such, its being related must give a very affecting picture of
American slavery, and tend to increase the feeling of abhorrence of that system
of iniquity.
E. WIGHAM,
Secretary to the Edinburgh Ladies'
Emancipation Society.10th mo., 1853.
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John Brown, a fugitive Slave, happily escaped from that hell of sin and misery,
"a Slave State," waited on me some weeks ago. His testimonials--some from
persons known to me in this country and in America--established his
truthfulness to my conviction. I presided at a meeting which he addressed with
interesting power, especially considering his being shut out from the mental
training enjoyed by the "Free." He gave a simple, graphic narrative of his
escape, c. The audience was gratified. I introduced him to my friend, the Rev.
William Parlane, of Tranent. John addressed a meeting in Tranent with
approval, and also at Prestonpans. I gave him a testimonial, and I thus repeat it
for the following reason.
Mr. Smith, one of the Magistrates of Glasgow, wrote me that John had been
shewing his testimonials, had, after a few minutes' interval, returned to the shop,
saying some one had rudely jostled him on the street, and, on searching, he
found that his pocket-book, containing all his testimonials, had been abstracted.
The Messrs. Smith, knowing that John could not have been in improper
company, that his tale was true, took means, by advertisement, c., for the
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