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John Williams Visits His Mother After | John Williams Visits His Mother | ||
After an Absence of 32 Years. | |||
The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday contains a long account (which was printed as original in the Gazette this morning) of the | The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday | ||
"John went alone into the house, and his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into his arms with many exclamations of joy. He remained in Asheville until Tuesday. A brother of John who was sold at the same time he was has never been heard from since he left the Blackwell plantation." | contains a long account (which was | ||
Williams also | printed as original in the Gazette this | ||
morning) of the reunion of a mother | |||
and son, who had not seen each other | |||
for thirty-two years. The people were | |||
colored, the mother's name being Harriet | |||
Blackwell, and that of the son John | |||
Williams, he having taken the name of his | |||
master, a Mississippi planter, to whom | |||
he was sold when a boy. Williams | |||
learned of his mother's whereabouts | |||
from a colored man who was in Knoxville | |||
a few days ago, and, the Tribune | |||
says, came to Asheville, where his | |||
mother lives, on Christmas day. The | |||
Tribune says in closing the story: | |||
"John went alone into the house, and | |||
his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into | |||
his arms with many exclamations of joy. | |||
He remained in Asheville until Tuesday. | |||
A brother of John who was sold at the | |||
same time he was has never been heard | |||
from since he left the Blackwell plantation." | |||
Williams also met in Knoxville a | |||
brother whom he had not seen since he | |||
left home, and from him learned that | |||
their mother was living. |
Latest revision as of 19:56, 16 January 2021
FOUND HIS MOTHER
John Williams Visits His Mother After an Absence of 32 Years.
The Knoxville Tribune of yesterday contains a long account (which was printed as original in the Gazette this morning) of the reunion of a mother and son, who had not seen each other for thirty-two years. The people were colored, the mother's name being Harriet Blackwell, and that of the son John Williams, he having taken the name of his master, a Mississippi planter, to whom he was sold when a boy. Williams learned of his mother's whereabouts from a colored man who was in Knoxville a few days ago, and, the Tribune says, came to Asheville, where his mother lives, on Christmas day. The Tribune says in closing the story:
"John went alone into the house, and his mother, upon seeing him, rushed into his arms with many exclamations of joy. He remained in Asheville until Tuesday. A brother of John who was sold at the same time he was has never been heard from since he left the Blackwell plantation."
Williams also met in Knoxville a brother whom he had not seen since he left home, and from him learned that their mother was living.