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MR. NEHEMIAH CAULKINS, of Waterford, New London Co., Connecticut, has furnished the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the following statements relative to the condition and treatment of slaves, in the south eastern part of North Carolina. Most of the facts related by Mr. Caulkins fell under his personal observation.
Nehemiah Caulkins, a member of the Baptist Church in Waterford, Conn., who resided in North Carolina, eleven winters. "The subsistence of the slaves, consists of seven quarts of meal or eight quarts of small rice for one week!"
This may certify, that we the subscribers have lived for a number of years past in the neighborhood with Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, and have no hesitation in stating that we consider him a man of high respectability and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable.
In 1704, because of his acknowledged signature in the sale of the "Liveen," the suit was decided in favor of the colony. F. M. Caulkins, Hist. of New London, pp. 222-228. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the Lord your God. Leviticus, xxv, 17.
Thomas P. Hunt, who was going to the Presbyterian school. I asked him how he could bear to see the little negro children beating their hoops, hallooing, and running about the streets, as we then saw them, their moral condition entirely neglected, while the whites were so carefully gathered into the schools. His reply was substantially this: "I can't bear it, Mr. Caulkins.
E. L. Caulkins, president of the W. C. T. U., devoted its full organization to the amendment, especially to the petitions and at the polls on election day. The most telling feature of the campaign was the petition under the direction of Mrs. Emerson B. Davis of Detroit, signed by more than 202,000 women over twenty-one years old and addressed to voters, urging them to vote "yes" on the referendum.
The objections made from the beginning, and still made, with such answers as experience has suggested, find place later on. Weeden's Economic and Social History of New England, vol. i. p. 304. Caulkins, p. 273. Boston News-Letter, Jan. 25, 1773. Boston News-Letter, Jan. 25, 1773. Barry's Massachusetts, vol. xi. p. 193. Weeden's Social and Economic History of New England, vol. ii. p. 790.
We close these testimonials with an extract, of a letter from William Bolles, Esq., a well known and respected citizen of New London, Ct. "Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins resides in the town of Waterford, about six miles from this City. His opportunities to acquire exact knowledge in relation to Slavery, in that section of our country, to which his narrative is confined, have been very great.
I told him I would; and when his master came in to whip him again, I went up to him and told him I had been talking with Charles, and he had promised to behave better, &c., and requested him not to punish him any more, but to let him go. He then said to Charles, "As Mr. Caulkins has been pleading for you, I will let you go on his account;" and accordingly released him.
Perkins and Rogers are designated by their titles. All those gentlemen are citizens of Waterford, Connecticut. To whom it may concern. This may certify that Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, of Waterford, in New London County, is a near neighbor to the subscriber, and has been for many years.
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