Hood, J.E., fl. 1845 Granite Freeman [Vol 2. No. 3 (July 17, 1845)]

One issue of the newspaper "Granite Freeman," dated July 17, 1845. Newspaper contains current events as well as advertising. It is a abolition newspaper and many of its articles concern the evils of slavery. There are two main articles on the first page "Mr. Wise and the Slaver" and "Morality of aiding Slaves to Escape." There is also a printing of an address given at the Southern and Western Liberty Convention at Cincinnati June 11, 1845. The address concerns the practice of slaveholding and it's inconsistency with the "fundamental principles of Republicism, Of Religion, and of Humanity." On the inside of the newspaper there are Anti-Slavery societies and current events. Of particular interest is an article by a man named Brother Hood, from New England. The article concerns his experiences with slavery as he visited the Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia over the winter due to his health. There is also an article concerning the deaths of 9 enslaved people. The victims were owned by a recently deceased man who had written in his will that his enslaved people were to be freed. The enslaved people "became restive and impatient" when his will was not carried out and burned down the overseer's building killing one child. As punishment two enslaved people were hung, and the rest were chained to the floor of an old log house that was set on fire. The remaining enslaved people died as the building burnt around them. There is also a report of a large group of escaped enslaved people, between seventy to one hundred depending on the report, all armed with weapons were escaping toward Pennsylvania. They were stopped in Logtown (possibly Maryland), and most were captured.