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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00328 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1843 |
| Title | Adiel Sherwood to Absalom Janes with various pieces of news, including the story of a runaway slave |
| Date | 25 February 1843 |
| Author | Sherwood, Adiel (1791-1879) |
| Recipient | Janes, Absalom |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sherwood, President of Shurtleff College, writes to Colonel Janes, a trustee of Mercer University. Writes, "A lady from La. was visiting at Jacksonville a few days ago with a servant girl: an abolitionist decoyed her off & took her into Greene Co. The kidnapper & his father were [laid] under $5,000 bonds to appear at Court. While the friends of the lady were taking [inserted: the girl] to St. Louis to meet her mistress, the [boundary] party arrested them, (I suppose for same offence), but they claimed a trial in Alton & were acquitted. Mean while, the girl was sent across the River & was out of reach of abolitionists & met her mistress, in St. Louis who was on her return home. These characters have not risen much in my estimation since [3] I came to the state & heard of their movements. Our girl, Ann, says she must go back to Ga. in the fall & I suppose I must gratify her." |
| Subjects | African American History Abolition Reform Movement Slavery Law Education Women's History Runaway Slave Slave Life |
| People | Sherwood, Adiel (1791-1879) Janes, Absalom (1796-1847) |
| Place written | Upper Alton, Illinois |
| Theme | Law; Education; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Sherwood was a Baptist minister, educator, and writer who spent much of his career in Georgia. He was a founder of the Mercer Institute, now Mercer University. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |