| Debow's Review, Agricultural, commerical, industrial progress, and
resources, Vol. 23, 1857, New Orleans, J.D.B. DeBow, page 217, "Statistics
of the Free Colored Population:
"In the city of New York, one in fifty of the free black males
were engaged in pursuits requiring some sort of education, and in New Orleans,
one in eleven; in Connecticut, one in a hundred; in Louisiana, one in twelve.
In New Orleans, 1,008 Free Blacks attended school. In Connecticut, $215,585,
in real estate, was owned by free blacks, and $88,000 by mulattoes; in
New York City, by the blacks, $65,310, mulattoes, $44,000; in Louisiana,
by blacks, $311,465, mulattoes, $3,958,880; in New Orleans, by mulattoes,
$1,991,050, blacks $222,970. In Barnwell, Beaufort, and Charleston, S.C.,
fifty-eight Free Colored Persons owned under $1,000 each of real estate;
ten owned between $1,000 and $5,000 each; two between $5,000 and $10,000
each."
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| The Negro in the American Rebellion; his heroism and his fidelity,
William Wells Brown, Lee & Shepherd, Boston, 1867, pages 143-144:
"Read what The Alton Daily Democrat said for Illinois, in
the year 1862: --
'NOTICE TO THE 'FREE NEGROES.' -- I hereby give public notice to all
free negroes who have arrived here from a foreign State within the past
two months, or may hereafter come into the city of Alton with the intention
of being residents thereof, that they are allowed the space of thirty days
to remove; and, upon failure to leave the city, will, after that period,
be proceeded against by the undersigned, as by law directed. The penalty
is a heavy fine, to liquidate which the law-officer is compelled to offer
all free negroes arrested at public auction, unless the fine and all costs
of suit are promptly paid. I hope the authorities will spare the necessity
of putting the above law in execution. All railroad companies
and steamboats are also forbidden to land free negroes within the city
under penalty of the law. No additional notice will be given. Suits
will POSITIVELY be instituted against all offenders.
May 27, 1862
JAMES W. DAVIS,
Prosecuting Attorney Alton-City Court"
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| The Negro in the American Rebellion; his heroism and his fidelity,
William Wells Brown, Lee & Shepherd, Boston, 1867, page 144:
"The authorities of the State of Indiana also got on the track
of the contrabands from the rebel States; and the old black-laws were put
forth as follows: --
'Any person who shall employ a negro or mulatto who shall have come
into the State of Indiana subsequent to the thirty-first day of October,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, or shall hereafter
come into said State, or who shall encourage such negro or mulatto to remain
in the State, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars, nor
more than five hundred dollars.'"
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| The Negro in the American Rebellion; his heroism and his fidelity,
William Wells Brown, Lee & Shepherd, Boston, 1867, pages 144-145:
"The Whiteside (ILL.) SENTINEL says the following official
notice is posted in the post-office and other public places in the city
of Carthage, Hancock County, Ill. It is a practical exemplification of
the Illinois 'black-laws.' The notice reads as follows: --
"PUBLIC SALE -- Whereas, The following negroes and one mulatto
man, on the fifth and sixth days of February, 1863, tried before the undersigned,
a Justice of the Peace within and for Hancock County, Ill., on a charge
of high misdemeanor, having come into this State and county,and remaining
therein for ten days and more, with the intention of residing in this State,
and were found guilty by a jury, and were each severally find in the sum
of fifty dollars, and the judgment was rendered against said negroes and
mulatto man for fifty dollars' fine each, and costs of suit, which fines
and costs were annexed opposite to each name to wit: --
| |
Age |
Fine |
Costs |
| John, a negro man, tall and slim, about |
35 |
$50 |
$33.17 |
| Sambo, a negro man, about |
31 |
50 |
32.17 |
| Austin, a negro man, heavy set, about |
30 |
50 |
30.10 |
| Andrew, a negro man, about |
-- |
50 |
30.35 |
| Amos, a negro man, about |
40 |
50 |
29.57 |
| Nelson, a mulatto man, about |
55 |
50 |
30.07 |
'And whereas, Said fines and costs have not been paid, notice is therefore
given that the undersigned will, on Thursday, the nineteenth day of February,
A.D. 1863, between the hours of one and five o'clock, p.m., of said day,
at the west end of the Court House, in Carthage, Hancock County, Ill.,
sell each of said negro men, John, Austin, Sambo, Andrew, Amos, and said
mulatto man, Nelson, at public auction, to the person or persons who will
pay the said fines and costs appended against each respectively for the
shortest time of service of said negroes and mulatto.
'The purchaser or purchasers will entitled to the control and services
of said negroes and mulatto purchased for the period named in the sale
and no longer, and will be required to furnish said negroes and mulatto
with comfortable food, clothing, and lodging during said servitude. The
fees for selling will be added on the completion of the sale.
C.M. Child, J.P.
Carthage, Feb. 9, 1863"
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| The Negro in the American Rebellion; his heroism and his fidelity,
William Wells Brown, Lee & Shepherd, Boston, 1867, page 197:
Regarding the New York Draft Riots as reported by The New York Times,
July 14, 1863:
"The poor negroes have had a hard time. Finding they were to be
slaughtered indiscriminately, they have hid themselves in cellars and garrets,
and have endeavored, under cover of darkness, to flee to neighboring places.
The Elysian Fields, over in Hoboken, has been pretty safe refuge for them,
as there are but few Irish living in that city. They have sort of improvised
camp there, composed mainly of women and children.
Blacks were chased to the docks, thrown into the river, and drowned;
while some, after being murdered, were hung to lamp-posts. Between forty
and fifty colored persons were killed, and nearly as many maimed for life.
But space will not allow us to give anything like a detailed account of
this most barbarous outrage."
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