as trustee and so stands in the record now.  Judge Mansfield’s last words were:  “There has been no clash over that land because of its run down condition, but if coal or oil should be found about there, I cannot tell what will happen.”  The financial condition of the colony is no better than it was seventy-five years ago, the physical condition is far from being as good.  Two or three of these Negroes, however, showing evidence of thrift are very good farmers.  They have increased their holdings and built new cabins, although most of the old dwellings are still there and are occupied by the descendants of the original settlers.  They have rapidly increased in numbers and have extensively intermarried.  From the first the people were religious, regular church goers.  They have two churches among them, one Methodist and the other Baptist.  Their morals have been good, having seldom committed crime.  Officers of the law have found very little to do in this community.  During the life of the colony there have been only two arrests for serious crimes, one of which was for stealing a horse and the other for stealing wool.  Both of the accused were sent to the penitentiary.  No other serious charge has ever been brought against any member of the community so far as Judge Mansfield knew.  The original set were fine physical specimens, “as fine,” says Judge Mansfield, “as the community ever saw.”

Separate schools for white and blacks have been maintained from the start.  Nearly all the teachers have been white.  The preachers have been members of the colony.  None of them, however, have gained any particular prominence in any line.  Not even any of the children, so far as could be learned, had ever been sent off to school.  The best known of them now are two brothers, William and Wilson Toney, both preachers.  Just what acreage they now own I could not learn.  How much is owned by the best of them also could not be determined.

The community is called by some “McIntyre” after the man who carried the slaves up into Ohio, and by others it is called “Haiti.”  The latter term is almost wholly used by white people throughout the county and has always been offensive to the Negroes.  Although I went to “Haiti” and talked with one of the men, Judge Mansfield gave me practically all the information.  I will send you more in a few days gathered at other points.  I have tried to cover your questions and to include other vital ones.  Please call my attention to anything that I might mention to add to the interest or thoroughness of the story.  I have reported here almost word for word as the facts were given me by the Judge and hope the story will have some interest for you.  I expect to find out a great deal more about that community.[2]

     Very truly yours,

     C. A. Powell.

Under a protest from afar a goodly number of slaves were settled in Lawrence county in 1827.