Sella Martin’s sister redeemed from bondage

Three Persons Redeemed from Bondage 

Rev. J. Sella Martin, a colored gentleman of this city, lately visited England, and while there several worthy gentlemen of that country , learning the condition of some members of his family in bondage in the South, determined to raise a sufficient sum of money to enable him to return to the United States, and purchase their freedom. …………………The amount obtained was $2,200, and with this sum, after a lengthy correspondence and unwearied effort, Mr. Martin succeeded in inducing the owner of his sister, and her two children, a son and daughter, living in Georgia, to sell them to a negro trader, who, by agreement, carried them to Kentucky, where Mr. Martin met them, and for $2000 secured their freedom. The joy of the meeting, where brother and sister were reunited, free forever from the thrall of slavery, can be better imagined than described.

(Liberator, September 5, 1862, pg 2)