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Recorder
's
Office
,
Second
District
.
"
To
all
to
whom
these
presents
shall
come
:
--
"
This
is
to
certify
that
Henry
B.
Northup
,
Esquire
,
of
the
county
of
Washington
,
New-York
,
has
produced
before
me
due
evidence
of
the
freedom
of
Solomon
,
a
mulatto
man
,
aged
about
forty-two
years
,
five
feet
,
seven
inches
and
six
lines
,
woolly
hair
,
and
chestnut
eyes
,
who
is
a
native
born
of
the
State
of
New-York
.
That
the
said
Northup
,
being
about
bringing
the
said
Solomon
to
his
native
place
,
through
the
southern
routes
,
the
civil
authorities
are
requested
to
let
the
aforesaid
colored
man
Solomon
pass
unmolested
,
he
demeaning
well
and
properly
.
"
Given
under
my
hand
and
the
seal
of
the
city
of
New-Orleans
this
7th
January
,
1853
.
"
TH
.
GENOIS
,
Recorder
.
"
On
the
8th
we
came
to
Lake
Pontchartrain
,
by
railroad
,
and
,
in
due
time
,
following
the
usual
route
,
reached
Charleston
.
After
going
on
board
the
steamboat
,
and
paying
our
passage
at
this
city
,
Mr.
Northup
was
called
upon
by
a
custom-house
officer
to
explain
why
he
had
not
registered
his
servant
.
He
replied
that
he
had
no
servant
--
that
,
as
the
agent
of
New-York
,
he
was
accompanying
a
free
citizen
of
that
State
from
slavery
to
freedom
,
and
did
not
desire
nor
intend
to
make
any
registry
whatever
.
I
conceived
from
his
conversation
and
manner
,
though
I
may
perhaps
be
entirely
mistaken
,
that
no
great
pains
would
be
taken
to
avoid
whatever
difficulty
the
Charleston
officials
might
deem
proper
to
create
.
At
length
,
however
,
we
were
permitted
to
proceed
,
and
,
passing
through
Richmond
,
where
I
caught
a
glimpse
of
Goodin
's
pen
,
arrived
in
Washington
January
17th
,
1853
.
We
ascertained
that
both
Burch
and
Radburn
were
still
residing
in
that
city
.
Immediately
a
complaint
was
entered
with
a
police
magistrate
of
Washington
,
against
James
H.
Burch
,
for
kidnapping
and
selling
me
into
slavery
.
He
was
arrested
upon
a
warrant
issued
by
Justice
Goddard
,
and
returned
before
Justice
Mansel
,
and
held
to
bail
in
the
sum
of
three
thousand
dollars
.
When
first
arrested
,
Burch
was
much
excited
,
exhibiting
the
utmost
fear
and
alarm
,
and
before
reaching
the
justice
's
office
on
Louisiana
Avenue
,
and
before
knowing
the
precise
nature
of
the
complaint
,
begged
the
police
to
permit
him
to
consult
Benjamin
O.
Shekels
,
a
slave
trader
of
seventeen
years
'
standing
,
and
his
former
partner
.
The
latter
became
his
bail
.
At
ten
o'clock
,
the
18th
of
January
,
both
parties
appeared
before
the
magistrate
.
Senator
Chase
,
of
Ohio
,
Hon.
Orville
Clark
,
of
Sandy
Hill
,
and
Mr.
Northup
acted
as
counsel
for
the
prosecution
,
and
Joseph
H.
Bradley
for
the
defence
.
Gen.
Orville
Clark
was
called
and
sworn
as
a
witness
,
and
testified
that
he
had
known
me
from
childhood
,
and
that
I
was
a
free
man
,
as
was
my
father
before
me
.
Mr.
Northup
then
testified
to
the
same
,
and
proved
the
facts
connected
with
his
mission
to
Avoyelles
.
Ebenezer
Radburn
was
then
sworn
for
the
prosecution
,
and
testified
he
was
forty-eight
years
old
;
that
he
was
a
resident
of
Washington
,
and
had
known
Burch
fourteen
years
;
that
in
1841
he
was
keeper
of
Williams
'
slave
pen
;
that
he
remembered
the
fact
of
my
confinement
in
the
pen
that
year
.
