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James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States. 10 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., My second trip. (search)
. Historical. Is slavery a curse? a rare little Virginia book Thos. Marshall on slavery the black Wave John A. Chandler on slavery a radical Notion Henry Berry on slavery a cancer on the body politic danger ahead a damning confessiwhom labor would be honorable, and where the busy hum of men would tell that all were happy, and all were free. John A. Chandler's opinion. The second speech was delivered by John A. Chandler, of Norfolk county: The proposition, Mr. SpeakeJohn A. Chandler, of Norfolk county: The proposition, Mr. Speaker, said he, is not whether the State shall take the slaves for public uses, but this: Whether the Legislature has the right to compel the owners of slaves, under a penalty, within a reasonable time, to remove the future increase out of the country. xt, and in the same strain as the preceding speakers. Is slavery a curse? Marshall, Barry, Randolph, Faulkner, and Chandler answer in the affirmative; and thus replies Mr. James McDowell, junior, the delegate from Rockbridge: Slavery a Lepro
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., Slavery in Kansas. (search)
Noll. There was about three hundred people at my wedding. When a respectable colored girl gets married, it is the custom there, and in Kentucky, for all the neighbors, white and black, to come and see the ceremony. Colored people and whites associate more in the South than in the North. They go to parties together, and dance together. Colored people enjoy themselves more in the South than in any other part of the world, because they don't know their condition. We were married by Mr. Chandler, at my master's house. I remember the words he said after I was married; says Mr. Campbell, says he, You join these people together; that is, till 1 choose to make a separation. I heard it myself. He went up to the minister just as soon as the ceremony was over, and said it aloud, in presence of everybody in the room. I was young and happy, and did n't think much about it then, but I've often, often thought about it since. Practice at the marriage of slaveholders. Sam was t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Niemeyer, (search)
ch, at Moyock, in Currituck county, North Carolina. His father, William Angus Neimeyer, died February 3d, 1900; was born April 28th, 1816, and married Sarah Howard Chandler (now living) on the 31st day of July, 1839. She is the daughter of John A. Chandler, who was one of the foremost citizens and most distinguished lawyers in Tidewater Virginia of his day. Colonel Niemeyer was the eldest of twelve children, three sisters and nine brothers. His brother, John Chandler Niemeyer, First Lieuteh Virginia Infantry Regiment, was killed in the famous charge of Pickett's Virginians at Gettysburg on the 3d day of July, 1863. William Frederick Niemeyer was a promising child with the noblest predilections. On the death of his grandfather Chandler, when not quite eight years old, he wrote the following tender and touching letter of condolence to his grandmother: April 16, 1848. ,My Dear Grandma: I am very sorry that grandpa died, but the Lord will take care of you; do not weep, he i
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel James Gregory Hodges. (search)
y instructor and teacher of fencing; Lucius D. Pierce, A. B., professor of ancient languages; Moses Jean Odend'hal, professor of modern languages, and H. Myers, instructor of martial music. To show the high character of this school, I beg to mention the names of the gentlemen who composed the board of trustees, and who are remembered as among the most honorable citizens of Portsmouth: Gen. John Hodges, president; Holt Wilson, Dr. Joseph Schoolfield, Capt. James Thompson, Col. M. Cooke, John A. Chandler, Dr. R. R. Butt, Dr. A. R. Smith, Dr. William Collins, William H. Wilson, Maj. Gwynn. This school had a large number of cadets. Of these cadets James Gregory Hodges, of the senior department, and John Collins Woodley, the brother of the late Dr. Joseph R. Woodley, of the junior department, were by common consent elected to decide all disputes that arose among the cadets; and such was the cadets' great admiration and respect for their high character and judgment that all readily acquie