Page:The rising son, or, The antecedents and advancement of the colored race (IA risingsonthe00browrich).pdf/38

 State of Kentucky, he became a victim of the Ku-Klux, and of which the following is the narrative:—

"I visited my native State in behalf of The National Association for the Spread of Temperance and Night-schools among the Freedmen," and had spoken to large numbers of them at Louisville, and other places, and was on my way to speak at Pleasureville, a place half-way between Louisville and Lexington. I arrived at Pleasureville dépôt a little after six in the evening, and was met by a colored man, who informed me that the meeting was to take place five miles in the country.

"After waiting some time for a team which was expected, we started on foot, thinking we would meet the vehicle. We walked on until dark overtook us, and seeing no team, I began to feel apprehensive that all was not right. The man with me, however, assured me that there was no danger, and went on. But we shortly after heard the trotting of horses, both in front and in the rear, and before I could determine what to do, we were surrounded by some eight or ten men, three of whom dismounted, bound my arms behind me with a cord, remounted their horses, and started on in the direction I had been travelling. The man who was with me disappeared while I was being tied. The men were not disguised, and talked freely among themselves.

"After going a mile or more they stopped, and consulted a moment or two, the purport of which I could