Knowing the negro nature as I do, and knowing that he would not want anybody to derive the benefit of something that he thought he was entitled to, I got two white men in the county to come and offer me to take this piece of land and cultivate it on shares with me, giving me one half its product, whereas with them I was entitled to nothing.

As soon as those two fellows found out that I had made a good bargain for their land they went back home from the river bank, and as soon as they went back all the rest followed.

Then I called the whole plantation up and told them to appoint two representatives and that I would send them to Kansas at my own expense to examine into this matter and report to them.

These two men went to Kansas, came back, and reported the true condition of affairs; and now if what they call in that country "a poor white man"-- the negro's expression--goes through the country and says "Kansas," they almost want to mob him.

That was the result of the Kansas movement.
Q.What has become of those who went to Kansas?
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