Rev. J. Sella Martin reuniting with unnamed sister, niece, and nephew
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
September 13, 1862
THREE PERSONS REDEEMED FROM BONDAGE.--Rev.
J. Sella Martin, a colored clergyman of this city, lately
visited England, and while there several worthy gentle
men of that country, learning the condition of some mem-
bees of his family bondage in the South, determined to
raise a sufficient sum of money to enable him to return to
the United States, and purchase their freedom. The most
prominent of these liberal-hearted men were Hon. A.
Kennaird, Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, and Rev. John Curren,
the latter a leading clergyman of the Independent Church.
The amount obtained was $2,200, and with this sum,
after a lengthy correspondence and unwearied effort, Mr.
Martin succeeded in inducing the owner of his sister, and
her two children, a son and daughter, living in Georgia, to
sell them to a negro trader, who, by agreement, carried
them to Kentucky, where Mr. Martin met them, and for
$2,000 secured their freedom. The joy of the meeting,
where brother and sister were reunited, free forever from
the thrall of slavery, can be better imagined than de-
scribed.--Liberator.
J. Sella Martin, a colored clergyman of this city, lately
visited England, and while there several worthy gentle
men of that country, learning the condition of some mem-
bees of his family bondage in the South, determined to
raise a sufficient sum of money to enable him to return to
the United States, and purchase their freedom. The most
prominent of these liberal-hearted men were Hon. A.
Kennaird, Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, and Rev. John Curren,
the latter a leading clergyman of the Independent Church.
The amount obtained was $2,200, and with this sum,
after a lengthy correspondence and unwearied effort, Mr.
Martin succeeded in inducing the owner of his sister, and
her two children, a son and daughter, living in Georgia, to
sell them to a negro trader, who, by agreement, carried
them to Kentucky, where Mr. Martin met them, and for
$2,000 secured their freedom. The joy of the meeting,
where brother and sister were reunited, free forever from
the thrall of slavery, can be better imagined than de-
scribed.--Liberator.
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