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capital,giventoili-minbrainormusclebyth '<

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i,rniv-'1andtrample*Iunderfool

moneyed aristocrats<>fthis nation;forwhile it isem

proper thai eachindividual ^li'ml1 be_protected in all

lawful rights of property, yel they should novel ha\

paramounl claim on that ground over any otherperson. I

licreb} showthefeelingsofthe people of the South,

who

thsirlot with their Sri!';, upon the theory of para nl

allegiance beingdu; to theStates. Ii isclaimed by so their friends thaisiiverybeingabolish 1.this'Iistrine of -;it

'

rightsfallwithil

;but thaiisagreatmistake. Undertli

of

local self-government, the) nowclaim all the)ever i»'. I: andthatis the recognition of the rightsofprop thai of_person,whichwasclaimid under thethro ii tie.and

whichi-

dem

nil•

Ib)thepropsrty-hiklirsofIIi

When

thetroops were withdrawn from the fital - of Sjuth Carolina an1I/mi-ima,ilwasrece.lv:das arei ignitionofState

rights,and propertyrights;and no matterwhat inijh!betie

moral worthorrespectabilityof a mechanic or I: ing nun,

IllsInterestsor rightsmustnot stand inthewaj of the ivishcs nttilecipitalistsor propirt)-li'1ler.

Therefore,inviewoffactsasthey present themselves. la.'.

the laboring

men

an1

women

ofthisnation,

How

longwillit beIiiforeyouwillhaveno_rightsthUthe capililistsorp i;

holder isbound to respect? Ii is tim

-you began to think aboutthis. Rev. T.G.

CAMPB1

THE

SITUATION.

DedicLtsdtotheHon. Tunis

G-.Campb

11,Sl\,jr

to:

Acontent,sucha.-menne'ersaw,

Placedinthetime-knownchair,

Within and beyondthehonoredlaw,

Onewith recordgrand andfair.

The worldiscoursing the otherwaj

-Fromthobaseofwave-worn Plymouth Kock; For"Policy," priestsandLevitt"prav.

Andthe creedoftheFathers[hi>jeciand mock

And now'tisthe fateofthe hones*Iman

Togiveti>qrebeltheupperpdut

,

To magnifythe ku-kluxchin.

Andcringeandbowwhen foemenmeet.

"Ohwoe!"isthe cryfromtheSouthernland,

FromDixon'sline toLhe Single Star; Attaintheyrulewith an ironhand

"Whorived thefettersbefore the war.

Andgun andknife,andbayingbeast,—

Thecruel hounds,indavsofyore,

From_As stockade sceul the bloodyfeast, inthe days Long gone before

From" strickenhomosthechildren sigh,

The orphan andthewidowsave!

"

Thecallisvain! Peaceisthe party cry: Nopowernowthe nation claims tosave!

The freedman, fromthe greedand wrath Ofthosewhotore the country'slifeaway,

Letushavepeace! Andiftin-gorypath Of Southern empireo'erthebondsmenlaj,

Beneath themliesanearly tomb,

Low

out ofthought andsight;

'Ti-*

bm

the coiningdoom

Ofthose

whom

God madeblack instead•>!white

"Peace"isourwatchword now, Atany, every cost or juice;

Beforeithonor, truthandcountryLow;

Thebluetmustturntowhile, or die!tholastdevirn.

SKETCH OF

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CAMPBELL

Iwas borninMiddlobrook.Somerstcounty. .W\\ Jit the1st_dayof_April,intho yearISIi. M\ father, (.Tolm

Csiitij)-bell, si.,)was :iblacksmith by tinle. 1 lisi1live —T—i

fom- brothers. Iwas theyoungc: of all,excepl t«.>sisters,

and theywerelivingnear Middlchrook.

mien

al theage»f 5 years, agentlemanrodeupon horsebackandspokeI" ;i

I

was

playing with twoof

my

sisters_bythe roadside. He

in-quiredfor

my

mother.

Wc

allknew himverywell, forh

inMiddlebrook,

He

toldmj fatherand motherthaihe eoulI

get

mc

inaschoolon

Long

Island,in theStateof.Wu-York.

Iwassubsequentlysent to ascl 1alBabylon, on I.ongTsl 1wastheonly coloredchildintheschool. Theprincipal ami

assistantswerevery kindtome. Atthe ageof IS I returned home. Iwouldnot agreetogotoAfrica asa _missionary,and fromthisperiodI

comm

'needasan anti-slaverylecturer.

My

fatherhad removedtothecityof

New

Unmswiek.

Xow

Jersey. Here,inthe year1S32,Iformed ananti-coloni*i i

society,and then pledgedmyself nevert<>leavethis

emmtn

untilevery slavewas freeon American soil

—

unless 1w-ni i<> learn something, ortoge.l lielp tosecuretheir liberation. Iwas

6 LIFE<>F REV.T. G.CAMI'lllUU,

Church,bul afterleaving schoolIjoinedth•

M

itholist'!Uiurch;

andexceptbeing

mobb

idin

my

timiswhile lecturing ori>: iill

ing,andnearlykilledone?, therewasnothingofnote occurred, except thatI was the first moral reformer and temperance

lecturerthaienteredtheFive Points,inthecity of

New

York.

After thework wasbegun, then noble-hearted whitein insiepp•

1

in;and wherethe"l1densofthievesand pannd-'to'isasstoo1. they haverate

-1amissionhousi.

The

mayor of Jersey City was kind _enough i<> sen1 a

policeman

down

tothe ferry,every

Monday

night, toprotect

me

fromth"ferry,and backtotheferry,fromth• temperance

meetings held inthat city every

Monday

night; andthrough DivineProvidence kind friendscameforwardand helpedus to raiseour sch.00] housesaul churchesin Jersey City during the years1811, 1S1>, 1S.15and ISli. Ialso,duringthesami

time, labored in_{Brooklyn and WilUamsbirg}in thesami _way.

I

now

|>:i"totheyear1881. Iwas.-itthistimiapartn irand generalagent ofthefirmofDavies£Co.,untennintedbread manufacturers,on the cornerofThirdavenue andFourteenth

street, in th" city of

Xew

York.

We

got a contract tosupply the Sickles brigade with bread,attheir

camp

ofinstructions,

onStaten Island;and

when

1wenttodeliver

my

breadatthe

commUsary

store-house,Iwantedt'i•

n to_weighit.

Th

lysaid

itwasallright;unloadit. Iwould notunloadiiunless they

wouldfirstsign

my

papers,showingthe weightofeachbasket

andthebreadit contained. Thisdifficultywith

im

prevented the storekeeperfromgiving out therations,and brought the

offi:-rofthedijtoseewhat wasthiinitt'e-r^. Til-ytoll their

story; but

when

he came to me,and ordered in•

ill onesto

unload,Itoldhim Iwouldnot unloaduntil

my

papers were signed, orthey weighed raybread,and gave in vouchersfor

the weight. The chiefquartermaster

now

eamiU| 1 asked

what wasthe trouble. Iatoneetoldhim,and sliihidhim

my

pipers.

He

asked

m; who

mib

oui

my

pipers. 1 replied,

Ml

1.01 KF-V. T. G.CAMl'ia.U.. I

m)s,|f." Hegave

me

a chair,andsaid, "

Makeout our." This Idid at oui-. About:imonthafti rthisacimmittee was

appointed id Washington toinspect theconiniissury

depart-ment,anil to reportupontl.esaiiitiirj condit Ithe i'1

i

|

on Staten Island;nr.d 1 was_{ordered bj Geneial}Eaton

rfiiarterinaster,UnitedStatesarmy,tositwith

Hum.

Ididso,

andsigned(lienjoil withotlurminibiisof the

11n.niisski.. This wasthefirsl yearofthewar. Myselfandother colored

men

ofl'eredtoaid theGovernmentinputting

down

the rebellion,

l,uiourserviceswererefused—Sccrctarj Seward replyingtha;

we werepremature. Iii1863Isent apersonalpetition* tothe

President, but gotnoanswer.

An

oldfriend ofmineinthe

cilj of

New

Ycrkasked

me

if I had_gotanj answer to

my

Washington letter. 1 told l.im no. He thensaid, "Write

again,andI_{will tiy}what1can dofoiyen." 1didwrite again

tol'ri -id.i.iLincoln;andinabout

amonthafterthisIcalli Ito

see

my

friend,andhehadthatvc lydnj receivedapackageiron

theSecretin-}of _War,uponopening which,I founda

commis-sionordering

me

toreport forthwithtoGeneral Saxu.n,atHilton

Head,in SouthCarolina;and there1 remained withGeneral Saxt anddid\viativerwas entrustedlome,I think, t"his satisfaction. Aflei thefallofCharleston1_{riijucttcd to}be sent

to theSeaIslands,inGeorgia,andhad assignedto

me

Burnsidi. An-alu. SainlCatluirines,SapeloandColonel*s Islands,with ordersto organizeandestablishgovin aits on the Islands;

protect freednienandrefngi es fortliirtymilesback fromtin

sea-shore;and1 remainedfortwoyears goveri ntheseIslands.

I had three teachersbronglit fromtlicNorthnl mj

own

ex-pense, and paid Hieiu. Under

my

policy-plan(thatof

Presi-•Thepetitionwhich1sini101'n -nl' inLincolnselforthaplan by whichi!:•in'al 'i'l'coii'i1" educated im i

m-cKiroil1"i

m

ii>-tin-diillriofcitizens,ondrrlievi the

Gem

ral

Gov-, itfromthet-iinrditiiifl a),whiih,Inm>view, lhcv would haveto

keepoverthemataproteclii nagainstl;annnfremtheNorth,andbad

e MI'IvOF KKV.T.G. CAMI'B]ll

ileiuJohnson)iwasremovedb}General Tilson,

who

wasthen placedasheadoftheKreedmau's Bureau,and military com-mander-in-chiefof _Georgia.

TheschoolswhichIhadestablishedontheIslandswerebroken

up,andthepeople drivenoil' unless the}work undercontractu

which were purposely made t<>cheal the frecdmen out of theirlabor. Kebels,

who

beforehad appeared humble and

re-pentant,now insistedthatall colored

men

and

women

shook)

sign these contracts;and whentheyrefused, the} would way-lax iIii-iiiand beatthem, tellingthemthatthey would have

themback whentheYankeeslefttheState

Iwent toGeneralTilson ni thetimehi-headquarterswere

inAugusta,andtoldhimthat Icouldnot_goontheIslands with

safety. Ishowedhiin

my

certificateasan ElderoftheZion Methodist EpiscopalChurchin America, with

my

commission

from Rightl.V\. J.J.Clinton asmissionaryfortheStatesif

GeorgiaandFlorida.

He

said,"Thatisallright;hutJcannot

^nc

youanyprotection!

"

I now returnedbacktoSavannah.

Isent

down

to:ilittlevillage calledThunderHoltandgotasaI

boatto take totheislands. Init1wenttosee the people,

totellthemthat if_theywouldcomeoveronthemain landJ

would tryto_get a plantation called Belleville, which was

owned

by ti

gentlemanofthenameofHopkins,in Mcintosh

ooiuin. Therewas

1,250 acresoflaudinthisplantation,andhe

wouldnotsellitfor lessthan_{S14.50 per}acre. 1 Icingatthe

pitiful conditionofthepeople,1

agreedto_give ii;onwhich

Iadvanced81,000. Asthepeoplehadtomovewithwhat they could only takein _{small boats,}Igot one flat-boat;but what

with rainandstorm,when wegottoBelleville,it was almost worthless—foreverything was burned upduring the war on

theplace.

Asthepeople darenot staytherewithout me, I therefore

moved

my

own

familyinto a

camp

madeofoldboardson the

sideandends,andaPalmetto roof—forIhadtohave oneto cooli

till.OF REV.T.G.CAMI'liELI,.

iii.and theothertosleepin. IfounditwellthatI did50,fot

very soonafterwcgottherea_man,

who

wasobnoxioustothe while people on accountof his_havingbeensherifl'fortheIslands during

my

administration there, wasarrested during

my

ab-scence,oneday, waitingat1_{>oboy Island for}

my

_{mail, theobj} being tobreak upthesettlementonBelleville;but

m\

wif ioul

notletthe

man

lietaken

away

until Icouldhi-there to CC justicedonein his ease.Thisi ncoiuagi d the people. Iniutupto

Savannahafterthetrialtotheofficer oftheFreedtuaii's Bureau,

andtheysent

down

anofficertoexamineintothecase,

who

dis-chargedtheman,a-therewas noevidence againsthini

hewaslinedlief mil-the courtinDarien. Thiswasint

-, Under theReconstructionActof_Congress Iwasappointed

one of the _registrars for the Second Senatorial Distrii

Georgia—Liberty,Mcintosh andTatnall counties,

—

and

-quelillywa-electeda

member

ofthe constitutional convention: and upon thesubmissionoftheconstitutiontothe people for

i.iniiation, Iwa clctedsmatorfor theSecondDistrict of the

StateofGeorgia.

Upon

tin-question ofclegibility tooff! e I wascompelledtostand alonetor_eightdays onthellooiofthe

Senate, contendin;',fortherightsof thecolored

members

tohold

theirscats;andatdifferenttimes

when

Iwas speakingIcould

secDemocratic members,withtheirhandson the buttsof their pistols,wilhtheirteethshut hard_together,andusing threaten-ing gesturesalme.

On

theninthday1

gaveway.seeingnohopc

for usinIhe Georgia1legislature;andat1 _o'clock,1called the

expelledmemberstogether,andtoldthem ouronlychancewai

toprevent the SenatorsfromGeorgia takingtheir seatsinthe

UnitedStales Senate.

My

son, T. G.Campbell,jr.,

who

was

a

member

ofthe house,and myself wereelectedn a coi ittee to_gotoWashington to_{protest against} theHon.Joshua Hill anil11.M.A'.Millertakingtheir seat-, untilthe colored

m

in-ner.-oftheGeneralAssemblyoftheSuiteofGeorgiawere

10 I.IIK OF REV.T.V.

CAMPBELL.

CongressionalCommittee, andconferredwith tliempersonally,

byrequest oftheirchairman,Hon.E.1)._Morgan,oftheState of

Now

York,(who

knew me

_personally,)and Hon.Charles

Sum-ner,ofMassachusetts, with

whom

we

had along conference.

We

toldhim and other

members

ofthecommitteethai

wo

did

nolcomeonlyto_complain of_{wrongs dune}ns in_Georgia,and

getCongresstoreseat us,butthat

we

wanted Congressto pass

a law which wouldprotect allpersonsin theirrights,without regard torace,color, or previous conditionofservitude. Mr. Stunner at once said, "That is true.

We

must

amend

the

fundamental law.

We

must havea fifteenth

amendment

to

the Constitution of theUnitedStates, and I will _bringthat

measurebeforethe_{Senate, or get}someonetodoit,atthenext session."

We

thencalled his_attention,aswealsodidthe

atten-tionofother

members

ofthe committee,to theparticular reason

why

theSenator.-fromGeorgia should not beadmitted atthat

time;forif_theywon-seated, theStatewouldbe admitted,and

then

Congresscouldnotactouour cases no morethan inthe caseof_any

member

ormembersofanylegislature ofanyother

State—as of

New

Yorkor Massachusetts. Sufficeit_{to say,}

we

weresuccessfulin our mission- theGeorgia Senatorswerenot

seatedinI860. 1was,by_{the Georgia State central committee,}

appointed withHon.Foster_Blodgett,to_goto_{Washington and} lookafterreconstructionin _Georgia.

We

_went

on-although threatened by

many

rebel sympathizers that if / went to

WashingtonagainIshould notlivein _Georgia.

We

met

Gov-ernor Bullockandquite a numberofprominent Republicans

fromGeorgia. I felt it

my

_dutytogo andsee the_Republican

membersoftheHouse and_Senate,and urgethem tovote foi

the bill topromotereconstruction inGeorgia. I stayeduntil thebillwaspassed,inamodified form,andthenwentdirect I"

Atlanta,asitwasnot thoughtsafe for

me

to try toreachhome.

IwonttoAtlanta_by

rail,and arrived thereonthe 25thdayof

December,18CD. _{The General Assembly met onthe10th of}

likeor rev.t.r,. cami-iu.i.i..

January, 1S70. .As itwaswell

known

that

many who

v

inelcgiblchadtaken the oath_prescribed

byCongress.it was deemed necessary underthis hill forsome mem!, i in ,

branch oftheGeneralAssemblyto readaproti: . linst all

that wereineligible,

who

should attempttotake the oath

; I

before theday cametherewas suchanex<item>nt thatitwa>

difficultto getany onetotake the_protest. I- pj

don

acommitteeofthreetoseekfor_{and employ}counselinbehalf

oftheState,and I found, ou suitingthem,that no

mem-ber could be prevented from takinghis seatby anyciviltribunal. forthey could giveany bond,no matterwhat wasits ,-,.

rj,,;,-..

ment,toanswerattheproper time,andwall inandtaketheir seats. 1went to theGovernor and

made

this fact

known

to

him,and suggestedtohim thatGeneral_Terryhad betl

point aboardofofficers toexamine all thosewho'should be protested. The governorsaid that hedidnol knowv

General Terry wouldtakethis responsibility. 1

replied.

"Wi

cannotorganize without liewilldothat."'

On

the 10th.in the

morning,Iwass.-nl forby thechairmanofourcommitteeof three.

He

told

me

thattheprotests wireallready,buli wouldsign themas a _protectant,to _appearon !••!:.Ifofthe

Cover out. 1 atone-signed

my name

for the

put the protestsin

my

pocket,and went into

my

seat in

tin-Senatechamber. 1was informedbySenators of thereaso

why

theywouldnot read orsignthese protets. _Theysaid thai

there waseighl

men

stationedonthe front andside of the gallery,above the Republican members, toshoot

down

mj

member who

shouldread, orattempl to read, a protosl:anI

told

me

tolookupin the_galleriesand see

how

crowded the\

were; andsaid, "

You

had hotternotread them,foryouwill

becutill_{two by}revolver-!" Ilookedat theclockandsawit

wantedtenminutes tothehourof_meeting,and ofcourse

re-plied: ''Iwill read

them!"

All theSenators then moved

away

from

my

seal. There wasonlyoneSenatortohe.worn

12 LIFEOF REV.T.(I.

CAMPBELL.

iii beforeme. Iwas from the Second District. _{After being}

sworn, I tookHieprotests andlayed them in order,and as

each cametobesworn I

beganto _read,and the Democratic

members

arose almost ina _{bodj to object,and wouldnot}

obey anycalls to order. Willipermission fromtin-_{president, (pro}

tempore,)Icontinued to_{read, raising}

my

voice abovetheir

clamor;amididreadall,except one,

when

theGovernorsint

forme andtold

me

not to read anj more, as thehouse hadto adjourn without_{doinganything.}

As

noprotests could be read then,Ireturnedto

my

scat

;but

the

member

whose

name

Ihada

protest againstdid not_present

himself. _Immediately after adjournment 1 called on the Governor,anil at hisrequest calledonGeneral _Terry,toIn

to gethimtoappoint ahoard of officers to inquire intothe elegibility of the

members

_against

whom

protests had been gottenready,whethertheyhad been read or not,andnot I"

allow any

member

to takehis seatunless hewasclearly entitled toitundertie-Reconstruction Acts. T did ..ill onGeneral Terry,andhesaid hewouldconsider

my

request,andalsosee

the Governor. Thiswas on the 10th.

On

the 13th,general ordersXo.3,ofthe militarydistrict of_Georgia,were"issued,

detailing Brevet MajorGeneral T. H. Euger, United States

Army;

BrevetMajorGeneral

T.J.Haines, and

Maim

_Henry

Goodfellow, judge advocate, United StatesArmy,asaboardto

inquire into theelegibility ofthosemembers.

U* now

becamethe

common

talk thatthe old_XegroSenator

of the Second was_{destroying Georgia,} and that the_Xegros

wouldbe unruly unless hewasput outofthe_way.

This session

commenced

onthe 10th dayof_January, 1870,

and closedonthe 6thdayofDecember,1S70. Therewe're re-cesses takenduring that time;in on,-ofivhicli recessesIwas

sentforby GovernorBullocktocome ontothe_{city of}

Wash-ington, andbring a _delegation.

My

wife received the

dis-patch,and informed

my

sou—

_{he being with her}inAtlanta. 1

J.in:OFr.EV.T.G.

CAMPBELL.

13

hadleftAtlantaontheSaturdayprevious,byreqtu I _top

inthe cityof

Rome

on theSabbath.

My

son startedal

for the city ofWashington.

My

wife sentatelegram informing

me

ofthecommunicationreceived,andthenatureofwhatwas

calledthe

Burgham amendment

totheGeorgiahill. Iatonce

leftforAtlanta;found twoothermembersoftheGeneral As-sembly,(colored,)and took them withinc. Thisiswhat was

calledtheGeorgia delegation, (all colored.)composed oftin

members

and two privatecitizens.

We

were successful

—

the

Bingham amendment

wasdefeated.

We

allsawtin _dangerof_{the State beiug admitted without}

someadditional restricti and tin-wasbrought by myself before the conventionofcolored

men

heldinthecity ofAtlanta

on February 3,1871. 1 was by that convention electi1 a

delegateatlargetogotoWashington andurge Congresstopass alawto_protectloyal citizensintheSouthernStates. Iarrived there in .March,and found Con n

-just read} to adjourn;

but,through the providence ofGod,the President test

messagetoCongress,recommendingto thaibod) the

considera-tion ofthe conditionof_loyalcitizensin theSouthernStates,

andthepa-ageofsome lawlookingto theirprotection. 1had thehonor ofcallingonthePresidentat that time,am! had

assuranceof hissanction toanybill passed bj <_ongress for

that purpose. TheKn-KluxBillwaspassed,andofcourse

my

missionwasaccomplished.

Now

the rebelsbecamemore enragedat

me

thanever.

My

friendsinformed

me

in_Washingtonofplotslavedtomurder

me

on

my way

home, andadvised

me

tostayintheNorthfora

while; but withoutansweringthem,Icame

home

beforethej

thoughtIhadleft_{Washington, and went}towankto find out,if

possible,

how

theyintendedtokill me. Theplanwasthis:

Certain

men

wereto_{come up from}the countryand watchfor

me

goingtoorcoming fromthechurchat night,andkill

me

:

M

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CAMPBELL.

somethingbyitto

make

itappeartli.it colored

men

from tlie

country had done it. I _pursued

my

_inquiriesuntil the

state-ments

made

werefullycorroboratedbjincidentsthatoccurred

at

my

own

houseandnear the church. Tin- partieswerewell

known

;and

when

theyfoundthatIwas aware of their

inten-tions,theyhad

me

arrestedand taken toSavannah underthe

Ku-Klux

Bill,beforetheUnitedStalesCommissioner. Itwas

anotherpari oftin-_programmetokeep

me

in_{lawsuits, so as}to

compel

me

toleave the_countyto _Keepout ofjail; or if1

wa-put injail,thenbreak thejailat _nightandkill

me

init. In

anyevent,

my

lifewastobe taken.1

Iwascompelled,ongoingupto the_{legislature lastNovember,}

toleave

my

houseat _{dusk,ami go}

by laud,tomeet

my

son,

who

waswaitinginSavannahforme.

On

my

return, the

cap-tain of thesteamer

"Hardy"

(a boat that stop- at Darien

coming and goingtoSavannah)refiiedtotake

mo

andanother

gentleman

who

wa- with me,ami had

my

trunk put on the dock. Afterfirst taking ourfare,hethen came andgave it

backtous,andordered usonshore. Alltin-wasto_get up a

difficultyin Savannah; hut being awareoftheil object,I at

once ordered

my

thin:,- tobetaken_{directly offthe wharf,}and

crossed the countryina -wagon,whichtook one _daylonger to get home. Theonly securitythat 1now hadfor

my

lifeor property-wasthis;Tie-rebel- knew that theywouldheheld responsible bytheloyalpeople of(hi-_{country, both} colored

andwhite,foranyinjurythatmight hedonetome.

T. G.

CAMPBELL,

Sit.

HISTORY OF

THE

CASE.

My

case chargedfalse imprisonmentofa

man named

Rafe. This

man

wascharged with breakinginto ahouse inwhichtwo

families lived,andthreateningtokilltie:two

men—

-bothheads of thesefamilies.

Upon

theaffidavits ofsaid partiesIissued a

warrantfor_{his arrest,and upon}ahealing, hewa-orderedto

giveabondof$10ineaeh easeto_{keepthe pea} efor sis

nth-astoward- thesefamilies,andtopaythe costs of_court,which

he agreed todo. lie went toget bondsmen;but cameback

andsaidhewoiddnotgivebonds;uponwhich,Iorderedhim

tobe lockedup;huthewent, and

made

anaffidavit thathe

hadgiven bonds,andthen ranaway.

Iwas indictedwithouthavinganotice toappearbefore the

grandjury,amithat charges hadbeenpreferred against me. Whcii'lho regulartermofcourtcameitwa-adjourned,andno

timewasset. IhadbusinessinWashington, and went there.

Upon

my

return

home

Ifound

my

dwelling-house hadbeen burned,and the groceryand dry-goodsstoreof

my

wife and

sonwasalsoburned. That daythe court met,and Iwas

ar-rested thenext day. Therewasa calledsessi f_{the superior} court. Iwas notallowedtogo two blockstoget

my

court records.

My

counselasked forone hour,hutbeing refused, he again asked for fifteen minute-, and was again refused by Judge Tompkins.

Ipleadnot guilty tothe indictment,andtie'CISC pr led

upon theaffidavitofKate,

who

had rim away, andthe

lr; LIFEOK KEV.T. (I.C.Ull'lli:!,!,.

<

I

>

bythe lawyer. The lawyer wasalsoa witness, hehaving

written theaffidavit,ami sworethatJ.":ifi had_{given bonds.}

My

counsel,in_{opencourt, said}itwasimpossibleforhimto get

tes-timony,ordo_anythingininj case,on accountofintimidation, but the judgesaid he sawnointimidation,andtheeaseshould proceed.

He

then ordered the clerkto get thejury-box,which

lie unlocked,and thou took outtwo or three _tickets;butthe clerk whisperedtohim,andliepulthose backandlook outtwo

packagesof tickets,

when

hetoreone package open and counted

out twenty-four. lie thentoreopen the other,and when he

hadcounted outten,1told

my

counseltolook.

He

saidhewas

looking.

When

lie countedoultheother package,the clerk.

who

waskeeping the count,said therewasforty-eight. This

li-twasgiventothesheriff,

who

Killed their

nam

:s

;andasthe

sheriff called,everyoneanswered.

We

of emir.-' challenged

thearray, butwere overruled by the courtas toourgroundof

ehallange.

We

wereentitledtotakefromthefirst_pauuel,and

ifthatwasexhausted,tohavetal

-juroi

-alsoprejudice.

Thejuryin

my

casewasoutall_night,and at10o'clockthe nextdaythe foreman informedthejudgethat the} could not agree. In_{reply the judge}said,

"You

gobackto _{your room,}

andif_youdon't agree by11o'clock,1willhaveyonlocked up

andadjournthiscourt untilThursdaynext,and youshall not have food orfireuntilthen." Theythenwentout,and(by

my

watch) returnedinfifteenminutes with a_{verdict of guilty,}but witharecommendationtothemercyofthecourt.

We

thenmovedfor a

new

trial,upon which we wereentitled

togivebond, butthejudge saidhewouldnot takeany1 1.

when

we

insistedupon ourright-.

He

thensaidhewouldnot take $300,000 bonds, but agreedtohear_argumentatSavannah anytime within_thirtydays,andordered

me

tobesent toState prisonatonce. Iwastakenon _Sunday,at 10o'clock"a. lh.,

withtwo other prisoners, across thecountry, totheAtlantic

andGulf Railroad. Theyhurriedthehorsesso thatthey broke

l.llI.01'REV. T. G.f'AMl'l ii. 17

down, and we missedthe train, so

we

didnotget t" Sai i

until

Monday

morning.

My

wifeandsonemployedeoun I Savannah, andpresented

my

caseunderthe motionw Inchhii

made

inMcintoshi t\ tohear_argumentinthirtydaj . i

he

|a11themoil',andissuedaspecialordertotheguardtotake

me

away, whichtheydid atnight. Iwasreleasedfromthe

atAtlanta onawrit ofhabeas corpus,andputinjail. N'ow, the judge refused,afterhearingargument,togrant a nci

ami alsorefused to signa billofexceptions;andinj I;

couldnot_getit.so as to

make

applicationtotheSup Cour!

fora writofmandamus. The judgethen_{came upto Atlanta,}

lOllbl tolieOUl of

mj

lawyers'way.

M\ son then telegraphed to

my

counsel,and they bro

me

outfora hearing the daj thejudgearrived,ami hadi

a subpee luceste

cum

—

that afternoon,and the court ad-journeduntilthenext day,at 10a.m.

The

_judgeatfirst

re-fused tocome,bul thesolicitor wentforhim.

He

admitted

thata billofexcelitionhadbenpn ntedtohimin mjcase,

We

thengot papers ready whileoneof

m\

counsel wat speaking to move before Judge Hopkins, of the Atlanta Superior Court;andtodo

thi-,

we

hadtodismissitfrombefore theCourtofOrdinary. Assoonaswedismi 1 it,irons wi re

put upon me. 1was then draggedto acoveredwagon, and

taken out of_{town, through hy-roads,}toawood-,when_the} made

mc

get oulandwalk. OfcourseItook

my

time.

When

wegolwithinDmileofa prisoncamp, two

nun

came up Oil

horsebackand servedpapersupon the guard, orderinghimto

bring

me

hack; butthey notbeingofficers,herefused. Iwas

put in iron-there,and that afternoonput towork, and

tin-next day,until2 o'clock,Iworked,

when

Ifell

—

being unable

to_{work any}longer.

Thenext _morningitwasraining. After theyhadbreakfast

Iwastaken bytwo

men

uptotheguardtent,_{or headquarters,}

IS 1ll>:OF REV. J. O.CAMl'ltKLIj,

showed

me

theorderofcourt forbidding chains beingputupon me, andorderingmjreturnbacktoAtlanta. After1had read ii,he askedDie

when

Iexpectedm\ friendswouldsendforme.

"Why,"

J _replied,"youareorderedbjthis toscud back, therefore they "ill not come."

He

then ordereda I

tobe brought,andordered

me

put in,to be se'ntj>ack tothe

Atlantajail,incharge ofaguard. Iwas carried tothejail

l>\ two men.

When

theylaid

me down

uponthe cell-floor,

the

men

said, "liewillsoon'lit,forheisscarcelyalive now."

I askedone ofthe

men

toget

me

a littlericeand milk. In about twohours he brought it. Withdifficult! late it,forI

hadnoteatenanythingfortwodays.

The

food given to

pris-oners was corn meal,mixed with water, without salt,

made

intoanovalshape,and baked hard on theoutside- but,asa

general thing quite rawinside

—

anda piece offat bacon,that eightpersonstoonewouldfindraw. In_goingabout theywould

pickuppiecesofold-iron potsandkettles,andthesewereu ed

forfryingmeatupon.

Then

theywoiddbreak _openthecorn bread,andlaythe piecesupon the coalsandrookil

—

or rathci

burnit

—

siias tomakeiimorepalatable;butfcould noteatit. In thejailatAtlanta thefood was better;but 1 had mj

mealsbrought from thehotel.

As

a genera] thing they kept

themoutin theofficeuntil finite cold. 1could nevei see the

man who

brought them. There werewhite prisoners

who

had

theirmealssenttothem from somehotel,and the

man

would

carrythemin their cells.

Two

or threeday.-after

my

being brought

back—

J donot

remembertheday.forIwasverysick—

my

lawyers brought

me

out a"ain fora hearing beforeJudge Hopkins. Iwas carried

upin acarriage.

My

counsel, onthe writ ofhabeas corpus, alleged illegality,on the-round of

my

having appliedfor

a

newtrial,and therebeing norefusal;and,upon

my

affidavit.,

theyshowedto the courtthatJudge Tompkins hadagr Ito

hearargumentin this case, bj inj counsel,aiSavannah,within

,,,!| OFKlV.T. <:.CAMITIXI..

19 thirtydays; andthat

we

hadalsogivennotice ofnbill of

ex-ceptions to theSupremeCourt,andthereforewereentitled to

o-ivehonds afterhearingtheirargument, Judge Hopki

-said,

Z\ |lilvcno doubt counsel believesthe statiments !•rein =et

forth to be true,but 1 cannot believe thatanj ju

!

up

whom

thelight of God's sun shines, would refui i 1 1 undersuchastateof facts. Icannotrelease theprison*

Iwill remand him backtojail,andgive youtime to .

papersto

make

the necessary showing." 1 was th arrieil

backtojailbjfourmen. 1remainedinjailaboutf

-weeks. Jly wife"wenttoMcintoshcounty,andwith greatdifficultygo!

a copyofthe records ofthecourt,and had

my

case.

on a motionfora

new

trial, before Judge Tompkins.

The

saidmotion being refused, she then presenteda bill of i

-ceptions,and. with

my

lawyers,foundtherecords incomplete.

Shewas compelledto travelback on dismal, dark nights,

whenthe m<ll

who

drove the

wagon

hadto getoutand

lead the

hm

i-.andpicktheirwayasbest they coiddindarknes f inthe winter, although thereisno -nowtolayuponthe ground,

vet in thethree countieswhichshewas compelledI" cross. after leavingChatham, namely, Bryan,Liberty

andM

I

coldrain-andsleetwerethings of constant oCcurret . For

threeweeksshewas keptgoing upand

down—

fromSavannah

toDarien,and from Daricn back to

Savannah—

on a unt of

malicious omissions, orerrors,

made

bytheclerk, lintwith an

unshaken c age she kept on herwearj anddangerous jour-ncying,untilthe paperssufficient tomeetmy case,andact as a

supersedeas,was

made

out.

When

1was released fromjail,

andon

my

wav home,the rebelsagain arrestedmi' inSavannah. Theythen saidthatit

my

wife wasagainfoundin Mcintosh countyshewouldbeai'rested.

Oneof

my

counselcamei"Savannah,hutwasno;able toget

arecordof

my

caseintime fromtheclerk ofthecourt. Mi-.

LM LIFEOF REV.T. G.

CAMPBELL.

fromSavannahherselfaboutthe llth of_January,187"), ilwas

coldandraiuj In themorningtrainof the Atlanticand Gulf

railroad,andstoppedatstationNo.3,andtherea friend ofours (Eev.Joseph\\illiam )tool;herinhis_buggyontouneighbor's. (Cain Jeeins,)

when

he

was

totakeherto Mi-.John Mclvers',

when

he

was

to take her to'Darien altogetiieradistanceof

forty miles. She hadtotravelacross the country, over roads which, withthe exciption ofbridgi-_acr

:ertainrivers,had

never been repairedsincethewar,andinrainyweatheralmost impassable on account of suck-holesand miry place. over whichpoleshadbeen layed, formingwlml iscalled a_corduroy

road. But these poleshad becomerotten,and had dangerous

lioli- intinin.in which wagonwheelsor horse legs werein

dangerofbeing brokineveninthedajtime. Thirtymillsof thisroadhadtobe traveledat night,so as toIn-inDariinsoon

enoughto seetheclerkin hisofficein timeto get the work

done. \\hen shegottherethe clerkkept outofher way,and wouldnotcometotheoffice. She_{then got sonic}ofour friends

towatch forhim,andtheyfoundhi-;_placeofconcealment

—

a store.

He

would gointhe frontdoorandout oftheback,and

down

abank,andgetaroundtohis

own

house. The}thenset

awatchfrontand rear,and bythaimeansgota pari ofthe papers.

When

shegotback'toSavannah1toldColonel

Thomas

tohave

my

caseatonce brought beforetheUnited States Court,

liepromised tocomeupin_{an hour or two, but did}not come.

Ithen sentwordtohim by anofficer.

He

cameup,and lid it

wouldliebest for

me

to_gotoMcintosh county. 1said,"Von

know

thatthey willpretend that1

am

fryingtoescape,and

willshoot

me;

thatiswell

known!"

He

said, •'Thereis no

danger; andifyou employcouusi1,you mustdoasyour

coun-sel directs." I replied,

"I

will,ifI thinkmy counselknows

betterthan1do; but

who

wouldbesucha fool as to go,when

they

knew

theywouldbekilled !"

He

thensaid, ""iou

know

and think a great dealofColonelA.T.Akerman. IfJ_geta

LIFEOF REV.T. O.

CAMPBELL.

21 letterfromhim,andhe saysyouwillbesafe, willyougo!'*' I

said, '

\n

; Iwill never consent t"_{go and} bekilledforany one." liethensaid, "Idonotthinkthat _JudgeKrskeiii

entertain yourease." I _asked, "

Upon

what

ground can he object? fori run covertin statute." He said, "Well,publi

prejudiceissostrongthathewillnotdan to act'."

lie cameagain !•> sec me, ami -aid that ".Mr-._Canii'belJ

wanted him toattend to

my

ease,and Ihavi promised todoil

for$50; so Iwouldliketohave someof_yoiu friend-_pay

me

themoney,forItellyouitisa_veryheavythinetostandup,as

we

willhaveto do,againstpublic sentiment

—

a-youwellknow."

Isaid. '"Well,whatever mj wifehas agreed todowill i" nil

right

when

[gel out."

He

went away, and thencameback

andtold

me

that itwas besl tog..beforeTompkins,for the casewas so clear!

-illegalth.ittherewouldbenodifficultyin getting injdischarge. I -aid. "_{Judge Tompkins}will not

dis-chargeme, and youought toknowthai." lie_replied.

"You

are mi-taken. I will _{get you discharged."} Theuexl daj I

wastaken beforeJudgeTompkins,

who

peremptorily refused

todischargeorevin consider

my

case,and-aid itcouldnoi be

brought before him.out ofMcintoshcounty. lh thenremanded

me

hack to.jail, notifying

me

that I wouldhave toappear beforehiminMcintoshcounty.

Iwrotea letter to

mj

wife,

who

was inAtlanta. Shehad been compelledtoget out ofth'-way.I'mtherewasawarrant out againsther,allegingthai shewasa _dangerouscharacter.

andoughtnot toheal large aimingthe people.

Theyhadtwoindictments agaiu-t m\ sou. on trumped-iip charges,andsaidthey would chain himand

me

together, takeusbothto the State prisonatonetime. Bui

we

got

my

/

son(T.(J._Campbell,jr..)andhi-v*ifc oft"tothestateof

Massa-chusetts, (hehad beena

member

oftin legislaturefotfoui \ andofcourse,ashe couldnotbebought, hemu-t gooi IntoreIwasarrested thelasttime;therefore there

Ml

I ofki:v.

my

family here

now

lmf

.•all

her—

Catharine Amelia i- he

old in Ih'' springof ,1*77. They

wifeemploy..1ColonelG.S.

T.C4. C\MI'l:lII

ii-ifc ind daughter Cassey.aswo

name. She was 1-1 years

were bothin Atlanta.

My

Thomas,assistant I'nitedStates attorneyfortheStateofGeorgia, tobring

my

cast'intothe United States Court,andagreedto_payliimS-'iO. Shegave her

o-oldwatchassecurity forthepayment. Colonel

Thomas

was

down

inSavannahon business.

Willigreatdifficultyliegotit_signed.

My

"if-1 andsonscut

it_upto

my

counselatAtlanta. 1wasthen broughtoutagain, beforeJudgeHopkins,and gavel I. I now went

down

<>

Savannah,on

my

way

home. I_{got to}Savannahal I5o'clock

in the afternoon. The tn-Nt day, at 2 o'clockp. in., T was

arresteduponanoldsuit,whichwasno(onlyout ofdate, bin

had beendecided in

my

favorbythe SupremeCourt. Inthis

case the judge refusedtotakebonds. Iwas then,_{put in} tin: jailatSavannah, which hadbeencondemned1>\ the_grandjury

,,n account of it-unhealthiness. Iwas _kept thereforeight,

months andten day-. The first month1 was kept ina cell

down

stairs,ninefeel longandfour and -half feet wide.

Theprisonerswere letout towalkin ahall sixfeetwide once

in twoweeks. Mr.Russell, after I had beenthereabout four weeks, ordered

me

to_goupstairs,andeverydayafterthai

my

cellwasunlocked,and1wasallowedtowalkaboulthe hallall

day.

My

wife also

made

arrangementwithafriendofoursto

sendmi' somethingtoeatevery day. Shealsosent

me

medi-cines, forherknowledgeofthemedicinalqualities ofroots and, herbswasvery extensive.

Iwasattacked with a severe cough,and a swellingin

my

body, butwasrelieved ofthem byrubbing withalinimentand

taking three dosesadaj ofa>syrup which was made byher.

Iwrotea letter toPresidentGiant,afterIhadbeen three or fourmonthsin jail,and,inanswer, AttorneyGeneral

Plervc-pont informed

me

thathedidnotsee

how

he could doanything

LIFE OF REV.T.

<

CAMl'B '

f,„- ,,,,.. About tlm-da\

- aft.'iIv."!arenin iiiation*from

the AttorneyGeneral. 1 alsoreceived a letterfrom

my

wife,

informing

me

ofher_havingwritten to President Granl;and

the sameafternoon I receiveda cot inieationfrom tit D

j.allium!ofJustice,informing

me

thai

my

wife (Mrs. Harriet

Campbell) had written a letterto the President; and from statements

made

therehrf—saidletterhaving been referred to

him—

that animmediateinvestigation should bemade inm\

case. Just

when

I_{got through reading}tiiisletterIwasordered

down

to theoffice, and there 1 found theassi taut attorney generalfor the Stateof

G

gin Colonel G.Thorn . Ih said

that adispatch had1"en n<eivedal Ail mta, orderingthemto

take

my

caseintotheUnited States Court.

He

hadanafti

drawn"up,already

forme

tosign.

He

readit tome. 1 told

himthatwasall_right;but therewas tin otii

ic.i ebeforeth

Supr,

me

CourtoftheStateof Georgia,whichoughtalo

MilCAlil HI I"' JrSTICK, W.1-1U UTO l> ' J.i.L57J.

Tests G.Cami-bki.l,ChathamC( t}Jail,

,S;.\ :uiii:ili'I

InuiSni ThePresident hn ref.rredmeyourlet fthe 13thii

nddr. -"I tohiiitn

m

rouipi; Icoiifbnii.nlinSavannah

I,u« deeplyi "-"'Ii" >-oui

»Ki

and havet)

UnitedSuites attorn,s foi Gcorjia,

cxpm

'",'to himn i

,1, „.„,.i,,..,,iivo anilinrsistilit.sell i hcvi ; fro

Ii,.thruus.liI.onthatJmust;>.Iintin ca i andtam

willdow-ltatt-viicanl.,v,full)bedoneforyon ..„.,.,,,,.,,

Veryrespectfully, rirtt

ABU

j

I

tillIII:Imi\iOF JUSIMl, Was '" 1'C„ Noi ember16,ISTj. ill,- lhi:i:i ii'o'i'iiii'.Atlanta,Gsi

Mu".M* YourletteiofHi.nil.instant, addressedtothePre ;,„,!askingofhimrelief,hasbeen referredtome 1have l.«. dresseda lettei toMr Farrow,theattorn,i

Gi'i.it.referrinc acomofyoullettirtohim,i bun,1

',,,„;,-i, 'to ""1i"-•''fanythinacanbedoneI>i youirelief,andto

,

mil

s-ouihusbandtober.lievctlfromhi imj

l rnflii

1todo vhateve.ii ih.Government

todeliM-r

,.,urhusband fromtheditiieulty uudei_\i'"

'!:'.'"',,M.,,,.,.,.,,,.,

Veryrespectfully,

>{ 1.11I.nl REV.T.Ci. CUIl'Iill,!,.

brought intotin: United States Court.

He

said, "Tli.itis so;

hulyon Imd butter lolusgel tliisease first." lie thenwent awa\.and came backthe.nextday,and said, "ColonelII.P.

Farrow requested

me

to saythai hehad been slowto move;

but

now

liewould move, andI_{should be righted.} ThaiImust

gelS50 ready,andassoon astheysaw whal action wouldbe taken byJudge Tompkins,thejwould gotoworkon

my

case.

I thensaid, "Jly papers are not properly before theSupreme Conn, andthatIwantedthembrought beforetheUnited States Court and properly prepared."

He

replied

"You

are all

right."

Miwifeinformed

me

bj letterofanorder_{having been}sent

from the 1» partmenl of _Justice, to Colonels Farrow and Thomas,tohaveall mj cases brought intotheUnited States Court. Therewasonlytwocasesnow_against

me;

forwhenI

waslastinDarien, before thecourt,I drew a plea myselfin

support ofamotion todismissfive indictmentsf d _against

me

attheprevious term. Ishowedilto aDemocraticlawyer,

who

wasvery anxiousfor

me

toemployhim. 1_agreedto_give liim$30ifhewassuccessful.

He

wenttothejudge,andafter ashort conversation he made themotion, when the judge granted theo I r. Itwas doneso quickly thatno one appeared

to not i,cit. Iwaswellsatisfiedthatthe othertwocaseswould

notamountto anytliing,unless1failedtodefendthem. About threeweeks afterthis a lettercame from

my

wife,

informing

me

of

my

_{case having been dismissed}

bytheSupreme

Conn

ofGeorgia.

My

counselfailedtofilethe brief ofevidence with the billof exceptions.

Upon

aproper showing,

my

case coiddhavebeenbrought denovo eventhen. But Isawnrysclf

betrayed,and resolved tosufferor die! There werecertain

persons,(Democrats,)out ofpretendedpity,wanted

me

now-

—

asthey said Republicans haddeserted

mc

—

toaccept ofoffers thathadteen mad'/tomi

—

namely, $35,000and keepijiiirt,and

topreachasthewhite ministers_directed,or leavethe Stair.

LIFE OF REV.T.C4.

CAM

I'MI1. 25

Thisofferof$35,000was first

made

to

me

In theyear1 Before this-in1SGG-I wa i,000ayear to preachunder the directionofwhite land

owners

and ahouebuilttosuit

myselfwhereverIcl tolocateonthe Island in theblack

beltormainland.

1toldthejailornottosendfor

mc when

theycameanjmore

to set

me

outbybargains,asIhad

made

up

my

mindtodie

m

prison

On

or about the 12thofJanuary, 187G, theguard from

the Stateprison ca .about7o'clock a.m.,and handcuffed

me

and, withachaiu abouttwelvefeellong,dragged

me

along thestreets ofSavannahto theCentralrailroad,andtlv•

me

one hundred and fortymilesfrom Savannah,toap

camp

onthe plantation of ColonelJackSmith's, inWashington

county, State of Georgia. The weather was ret they took

me

upinawagon. Iwashelpless

when we

gothere, at1o'clockinthe

night-my

hands beingchai

hada veryhadfallingettingout ofthewagon.

Itried

pen andink,andfmallj did get pen,ink and paper and

-a letter to

my

wife. 1sufferedvery

much

from

my

fall. 1_hey

W

cre clearing land,andordered

me

to pilebrush. It-

impos-sible todescribe thewaytowhichprisonerswere worked. They

wcre takenoutas tl

yo

ildse< both winterand

sum-mer-

andkepi toworkaslongas itwaslight,with one hour fordinner.

They

hadbreakfast before dajlight. If

to

to becut the strongestandmost cxperl

men

with the asi

made

leaders,andevi.,otli r

man

hadtokeepstrokewithhmi

alldaylong;andifthej failedtodoso,thejwen bat n

unmercifully witha leatherstrop, or abugg)trace,andgiven

fromfiftytoone hundredstrokes, untiltheywould keepup or

die I

am

wellsatisfiedthatfour

men

inthe

camp

whereIwas were whipped to

death—

amithis was consideredone oithe

best rampsin theState. Thesebeatings

made men

reckless,

and theywouldrush hereandthere, likewildmen,

togetthe favor of the guard. Imust saythat theguards were

alow

20 LIFE OF REV.T. (.'.

CAMPBELL.

and brutalset of men,asageneral thing..Yoncouldhear

themallthetime calling out tothemen,

"I

don'thearthose

.ins!

Go

inwith thoseaxs!

Go

inwith thoseaxs!" Ifa

man

could not standthe work,

Hun

liewasreported,andof

course beaten.

Women

were treatedinthesame manner. I

wasin thiscam]) elevenmonths and twenty-onedays.

Two

women

—

onea prisonerandtheothera hired

woman

(bothcolored]—had whitebabies—which shows the stale of

moralsthere. I_preachedin thiscamp. Iwasfor three' Sun-daysinchains;bul the

Monday

morningafterthethird

Sun-day

my

chainsweretakenoff, andIwasput asoverseerofthe

wheelwright and blacksmithshops. The keys ofthe store

bousesandcribsweregiventome,as alsothebooksforall ac-counts,ofwork done ontheplace,orfor out neighbors. Mr.

andMrs.Smithalways,fromthaitime, treated

me

very kindly.

My

mealscam.-fromtheir table.

My

wifesent

me

everymonth aboxofnourishments and medicines—clothing, soda-crackers, sugar-cakes, pound-cake, strawberry and other preserves, pickled eggs. &C. Since1have beenoul ofprisonIfoundthat

my

wifewenttothe principle keeperandstated

my

caseto

him,and throughher .statements hewas induced tohave

my

chains takenofl. YetIfeelunder

many

obligationstoColonel

J.T.Smith andladyfor theirkindnesstome.

My

wifeand daughterwere, diningmjconfinement,in the

cityof Atlanta; and every dollar thai shehadbeen able to

collectfromher customerswasusedupintrying tohelpme. Shealso

made

upmedicine in thewintertosell; and in the

summer, wentintothewoods aroundAtlantaandpicked

black-berries, andbrought them tothecitytosell; and from the

fieldsbroughtstrawberries in, ami sold them. About three

weeksbefore Igot

home

—

JanuaryG,

1S77—

my

littlegirlwent

outtowork,soas tokeeparoom, that1 _{might have}aplaceto

comeonce_{more, and}liewiththem. She wrote allthe letters

senttoPresidentGrant by hermother. Inthisconnection,I

LIFE OFI'.r.v.1.a.CAMP].:!I. •-'.

mu

l_saythatMrs.Campbell (mywife)i;a

woman

<! remark-ablegood judgment,guided byfirm Christian prin I

I h .,, noIan,uage toexpress

my

thankful IiCod for

both wifeandIhill.

-Duringthewholeof thistimeIwas indreadiIthe1it-khix,

orparlies "f

men who

brokeopen jailsandpri?on cam] to_get

persons that theywantedoutofthev.

Tim

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