heconinued，inhesewords，copiedfromheminuesakenonheexaminaion：“burchinerrogaedheboyinheusualma

er，oldhimifhepurchasedhimheshouldsendhimsouhheboysaidhehadnoobjecion，hainfachewouldlikeogosouhburchpaid650forhim，omyknowledgeidon’knowwhanamewasgivenhim，buhinkiwasnosolomondidnoknowhenameofeiherofhewomenheywereinmyavernwoorhreehours，duringwhichimeheboypyedonheviolinhebillofsalewassignedinmybarroomiwasaprinedbnk，filledupbyburchbefore1838burchwasmyparnerourbusinesswasbuyingandsellingsvesaferhaimehewasaparnerofheophilusfreeman，ofneworleansburchboughhere—freemansoldhere！”

shekels，beforeesifying，hadheardmyreionofhecircumsancesco

ecedwihhevisiowashingonwihbrownandhamilon，andherefore，iwas，undoubedly，hespokeof“women，”andofmypyingonheviolinsuchwashisfabricaion，uerlyunrue，andyeherewasfoundinwashingonamanwhoendeavoredocorroboraehim

benjaminahornesifiedhewasashekels’in1841，andsawacoloredboypyingonafiddle“shekelssaidhewasforsaleheardhismaserellhimheshouldsellhimheboyacknowledgedomehewasasveiwasnopresenwhenhemoneywaspaidwillnoswearposiivelyhisisheboyhemasercamenearsheddingears：ihinkheboydid！ihavebeenengagedinhebusinessofakingsvessouh，offandon，forwenyyearswhenican’dohaidosomehingelse”

iwashenofferedasawiness，bu，objecionbeingmade，hecourdecidedmyevidenceinadmissibleiwasrejecedsolelyonhegroundhaiwasacoloredman—hefacofmybeingafreeciizenofnewyorknobeingdispued

shekelshavingesifiedherewasabillofsaleexecued，burchwascalleduponbyheprosecuionoproducei，inasmuchassuchapaperwouldcorroboraeheesimonyofhornandshekelsheprisoner’scounselsawhenecessiyofexhibiingi，orgivingsomereasonableexpnaionforisnonproducionoeffecheer，burchhimselfwasoffer—asawinessinhisownbehalfiwasconendedbycounselforhepeople，hasuchesimonyshouldnobeallowed—haiwasinconravenionofeveryruleofevidence，andifpermiedwoulddefeaheendsofjusicehisesimony，however，wasreceivedbyhecour！hemadeoahhasuchabillofsalehadbeendrawnupandsigned，buhehadlosi，anddidnoknowwhahadbecomeofi！hereuponhemagisraewasrequesedodispachapoliceofficeroburch’sresidence，wihdirecionsobringhisbooks，conaininghisbillsofsalesforheyear1841herequeswasgraned，andbeforeanymeasurecouldbeakenopreveni，heofficerhadobainedpossessionofhebooks，andbroughheminocourhesalesforheyear1841werefound，andcarefullyexamined，bunosaleofmyself，byanyname，wasdiscovered！

uponhisesimonyhecourheldhefacobeesablished，haburchcamei

ocenlyandhoneslybyme，andaccordinglyhewasdischarged

anaempwashenmadebyburchandhissaellies，ofasenuponmehechargehaihadconspiredwihhewowhiemenodefraudhim—wihwhasuccess，appearsinanexracakenfromanaricleinhenewyorkimes，publishedadayorwosubsequenoherial：“hecounselforhedefendanhaddrawnup，beforehedefendanwasdischarged；anaffidavi，signedbyburch，andhadawarranouagainshecoloredmanforaconspiracywihhewowhiemenbeforereferredo，odefraudburchouofsixhundredandwenyfivedolrshewarranwasserved，andhecoloredmanarresedandbroughbeforeofficergoddardburchandhiswinessesappearedincour，andhbnorhupappearedascounselforhecoloredman，sainghewasreadyoproceedascounselonheparofhedefendan，andaskingnodeywhaeverburch，aferconsulingprivaelyashorimewihshekels，saedohemagisraehahewishedhimodismisshecompin，ashewouldnoproceedfarherwihidefendan’scounselsaedohemagisraehaifhecompinwaswihdrawn，imusbewihouherequesorconsenofhedefendanburchhenaskedhemagisraeolehimhavehecompinandhewarran，andheookhemhecounselforhedefendanobjecedohisreceivinghem，andinsisedheyshouldremainasparofherecordsofhecour，andhahecourshouldendorseheproceedingswhichhadbeenhadunderheprocessburchdeliveredhemup，andhecourrenderedajudgemenofdisconinuancebyherequesofheprosecuor，andfilediinhisoffice”

heremaybehosewhowillaffecobelievehesaemenofhesverader—hose，inwhosemindshisallegaionswillweighheavierhanmineiamapoorcoloredman—oneofadownroddenanddegradedrace，whosehumblevoicemaynobeheededbyheoppressor—buknowingheruh，andwihafullsenseofmyaccounabiliy，idosolemnlydecrebeforemen，andbeforegod，haanychargeorasserion，haiconspireddireclyorindireclywihanypersonorpersonsosellmyself；haanyoheraccounofmyvisiowashingon，mycapureandimprisonmeninwilliams’svepen，hanisconainedinhesepages，isuerlyandabsoluelyfalseineverpyedonheviolininwashingonineverwasinheseamboahoel，andneversawhornorshekels，omyknowledge，inmylife，unilsjanuary

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