{"id":500,"date":"2006-10-02T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/500"},"modified":"2006-10-02T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2006-10-03T01:22:16","slug":"jonathan-walker-warning-to-abolitionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/jonathan-walker-warning-to-abolitionists\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Walker &#038; warning to abolitionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>October 17, 1845<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under <em>Refuge of Oppression, from the Pensacola Gazette<\/em>, an unsigned article is very critical of Walker and the attempts of abolitionists in the north to characterize him as an idol because of his treatment as a stealer of slaves.\u00a0\u00a0 He is labeled as &#8220;indolent&#8221;, &#8220;thriftless&#8217;, &#8220;useless member of society&#8221;, &#8220;wretched fanatic&#8221;,\u00a0 &#8230;..\u00a0 It is claimed that he suffered the just punishment of the law,\u00a0 that he &#8220;went into jail in poor health, and came out as fat as a pig&#8221;.\u00a0 The end of the article addresses the abolitionists who now aid Walker:\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;If these misguided fanatics could but be made to understand how they have riveted and are daily riveting the chains of the slave &#8212; 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