Description
On Sunday night a wood flat-boat left Weston, carrying several runaway slaves, men, women and children. When opposite the ferryboat, the craft was fired into by the militia on the river bank.
From a remark heard from one of the firing party that he “would just as soon shoot a runaway slave as not,'' the inference is that the party on the bank knew who was in the boat.
If the occupants of the boat were known, the persons who fired the shots didn't succeed in exhibiting much bravery. A man who will fire or cause to be fired on, a slave who is trying to get his liberty, is no better than a murderer - besides being a coward.
The boat was found yesterday morning partially sunken on a snag, and with no person in it.Date(s) of Creation
5/19/1863
