[Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman by Austin Steward]@TWC D-Link bookTwenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman CHAPTER XXXVII 24/37
When I was living in the States and only saw him there, collecting money for the poor, I thought him honest as you now do; but two or three years' residence in Wilberforce Colony, has abundantly satisfied me that his object is to get money, that he may live in a princely style, and not for the benefit of the poor as he pretends. Such are the true facts in the case.
We should be glad to have the name of James S.Seymour, Esq., added to the list, and any other prominent citizen you may think would help the cause. In regard to the investigation at Albany, we do not see how the public are to arrive at the facts in the case from any statement Lewis may make; for all his statements that I have seen in print, are positively void of truth, in the most essential part, so that they are of little or no importance at all unless substantiated by other testimony. The circular contains no testimony that has not been heretofore laid before the public.
Mr.Benjamin Paul recently wrote a letter to the editors of "The Baptist Register," in which he stated that Lewis had fed and clothed the colonists like a father, which is not true; and so sensible was Paul of the fact, that when the letter reached here, together with the surprise it created wherever Lewis was known, that Paul cheerfully contradicted it, confessed that he was mistaken, and thus made it known to the public. We certainly have no sectional feelings in the matter, though Lewis has labored hard to impress the public with a contrary belief; and he has even brought false charges of the basest kind against our more respectable citizens, all to draw the attention of the public from the true facts in the case. It is a general time of health here in the Colony.
The season is very favorable; our crops look well, and with the blessings of God we shall raise enough to supply our wants this year. Yours, with due respect, In behalf of the Colonists, A.STEWARD. Wilberforce, June, 1833. * * * * * FROM A.STEWARD TO G.BANKS AND OTHERS. MESSRS.
BANKS, WILBER, BROCKENBERG & HARRIS: I have received a communication through your corresponding secretary, Mr. James C.Brown, and I hasten to answer it.
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