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[From the Washington Pout, January 18, 1903.]

LAST OF THE SLAVERS. Adventurous Voyage Made by the Wanderer.

YOUNQ LAMAR'S DARING TRIP.

Some New Light Thrown on Closing Chapter in the Slave Trade by Representative Bartlett, of Georgia.

[Without diatribe as to the cruelty of the slave system, which ob- tained so extensively in the colonies entering into our original national compact; or as to the providence or beneficence of the patriarchal institution, which transplanted from barbarism, those sold into servitude by their own kindred, the following is given as a minute contribution to our National history.

It cannot be controverted that the condition of the negro as a slave in the Southern States was infinitely for his betterment, men- tally, spiritually and physically, and a consequence was the provision of educated teachers toward the ameliorment of the race in Africa. It is in historical evidence, abundantly, that the institution of slavery was pressed upon the South, despite constant and continued pro- test, because it was at first profitable to Great Britain, and subse- quently to our brethren of the North. These last further, when the hapless creatures enslaved by them could not longer be profitably employed by them were transferred to the South to the great profit of their late masters.

New England did not confine her' system to the enslavement of one race, but held in thraldom also the proud red man, the native lord of our soil. ED.]

Those who are familiar with the history of the Wanderer, the vessel which, in 1859, landed the last cargo of African slaves in the United States, will be interested in the following unpublished frag- ments of history of that memorable event, related to a Post reporter, by Representative C. L. Bartlett, of Georgia. Apropos of this narrative, the following brief resume of the career of that famous vessel is given, in order that the reader may better understand the facts given by the Georgia member.