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“B__. Furniture maker; twenty years in the city; worth ten thousand dollars, all his own earnings; a Baptist. “C__. Full black; stolen from Africa; sold in New Orleans; been free fifteen years; paid for himself six hundred dollars; a farmer; owns several farms in Indi- ana; Presbyterian; probably worth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, all earned by himself. “K__. Full black; dealer in real estate; worth thirty thousand dollars; about forty years old; free six years; paid eighteen hundred dollars for his family; mem- ber of the Baptist church; received a legacy from his master, which he has taken good care of, and increased. “G__. Full black; coal dealer; about thirty years old; worth eighteen thousand dollars; paid for himself twice, being once defrauded to the amount of sixteen hundred dollars; made all his money by his own efforts-much of it while a slave, hiring his time of his master, and doing business for himself; a fine, gentlemanly fellow. “W__. Three-fourths black; barber and waiter; from Kentucky; nineteen years free; paid for self and family over three thousand dollars; worth twenty thousand dollars, all his own earnings; deacon in the Baptist church. “G. D__. Three-fourths black; white-washer; from Kentucky; nine years free; paid fifteen hundred dollars for self and family; recently died, aged sixty; worth six thousand dollars.” |
