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told.The sin of the poor girlwas inexpiable. case of the Edmondsons had calledthe attention
Because she longedfor her mother's arms of the community to this subjectṬhe
and for liberty, she could not be forgiven. enormous priceasked entirely discouraged
Nothing would do forsuch a sin, but to throw effort, and before anything of importance
her into the hands of the trader.
She also
To Mrs. Nancy Cartwright,New York.
Alexandria, Jan. 22, 1850.
dollars; and yet, judicatories in the
My Dear Mother : I take this opportunity church of Christ have said, in solemn conclave,
of writingyou a few linesțo inform you that I that American slavery as it is
am iu Bruin's Jail,and Aunt Sallyand all of her
Children, and Aunt Hagar and all her is no evil ! *
children,
and grandmother is almost crazy. My dear mother,
From the tableof the sacrament and from
will you please to come on as soon as you
the sanctuaryof the church of Christ this
can? I expect to go away very shortly.0, girlwas torn away, because her beautywas
mother ! my dear mother ! come now and see your
a salablearticlein the slave-marketin New
distressedand heart-broken daughteronce more.
Orleans !
Mother ! my dear mother ! do not forsake me, for
I feeldesolate! Please to come now.
Perhaps some Northern apologist for
Your daughter, slavery will say she was kindly treated here
Emily Russell.
handcuffed by the wrist to a chain,
"
P- S. If you do not come as far as Alexandria, and forced to walk, as articlesless choice
come to Washington,and do what you
can.
are ; that a
wagon was provided, and thatshe
That letter, blottedand tear-soiled, was
rode ; and that food abundant was givenher
broughtby this poor washerwoman to to
some eat, and that her clothing was warm and
Christianfriends in New York, and shown comfortable, and thereforeno harm was done.
to them. " What do you suppose theywill We have heard it told us, again and again,
ask for her? " was her question Ạll that that there is no harm in slavery, if one is
she had," her littlehouse,her littlefurniture,
onlywarm enough, and full-fed, and comfortable.
"
her small earnings, all these It is true that the slave-woman
poor
Nancy was willing to throw in ; but allthese has no protection from the foulestdishonor
were but as a dropto the bucket.
and the utmost insultthat can be offeredto
The firstthing to be "
done,then,was to womanhood, none whatever in law or
gospel
ascertainwhat Emily could be redeemed for; ; but șo long as she has enoughto eat and
and, as it may be an interesting item of wear, our Christianfathersand mothers tell
American trade, we givethe replyof the us it is not so bad !
tradersin full :
Poor Emily could not think so. There
was no
eye
Alexandria,Jan. 31,1850.
to pity, and none to help. The
Dear Sir : When I received
food your letterI had of her accursed lotdid not nourish her ;
not boughtthe negroes you spokeof,but since the warmest clothing could not keep the
that time I have'bought them. All I have to sav chill of slavery from her heart. In the
,
a^boutthe matter is țhat we paidvery highforthe
negroes, and cannot afford^tosell the middle of the overland passage, sick, weary,
girlEmily
for less than EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS*. heart-broken, the child laid her down and
This may
seem a highprice to you, but,cotton being
died.By thatlonely pillow there was no mother.
very high,consequently slaves are high. We But therewas one Friend,who loveth at
have two or three offersfor Emilyfrom gentlemenalltimes,who iscloserthan a brother. Could
from the south. She is said to be the finest-looking
woman in this country. As for Hagarand her our
seven eyes be touched by the seal of faith, where
children, we will take two thousand fivehundred others see only the lonely wilderness and
dollars for them. Sally and her four children, the dyinggirl,we, perhapsșhould see one
we will take for them two thousand eighthundred clothedin celestialbeauty,waiting for that
dollars. You may
seem a littlesurprisedat the
short
differencein prices, but the differencein the negroes
agony to be over, thatHe mightredeem
makes the differencein price. AV"e expect to her from allinicpuity, and presenther faultless
start south with the negroes
on the 8th
February, before the presence
of his Grace with
and if you intend to do anything, you had better e, J"J
do it soon. Yours,respectfully,
Bruin " Hill.
This letter came to New York beforethe
was
done theyheard that the cofflehad departed,
was thrown into Bruin " Hill's jail, in
with Emily in it.
Alexandria. Her poor mother in New York Hear,0 heavens ! and giv ear, 0 earth!
received the following letterfrom her. Read Let it be known,in all the countriesof
it,Christianmother, and think what if your the earth țhat the market-priceof a
daughter had writtenitto you !
beautifulChristiangirlin America isfrom
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED to TWO THOUSAND
The words of the GeorgiaAnnual Conference : Resolved,
"
That slavery,as it exists in the United Statea,
is not a moral evil."