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I have recorded one instance, already, of the fidelity, even unto death, 

 of a groom intrusted with tlie protection of liis master's horses ; it is in 

 my power to furnish many others. Mr. John Iluger, who owned the 

 Hagan, in St. Thomas' Parish, had a very faitliful servant, byihe name 

 of Mino-o, to whom he intrusted all liis property during the war. By 

 the will of Mr, Hiiger, Mingo received his freedom, with that of his wife, 

 left to him cmphaticall}' as an handmaid. The benevolence of his mas- 

 ter ended not there. He bequeathed him, out of his estate, ten guineas 

 a year, for himself, and three guineas for his wife. Mingo, after his mas- 

 ter's death, remained upon the Hagan plantation, keeping his horse, 

 drawing his rations, blankets and provisions, equally with the other ne- 

 groes, to the last day of Ids life. Mingo must have been a remarkably 

 faithful character, and if ever a master had a right to calculate upon the 

 fidelity of his slave, that master was Mr. Huger. In a very interesting 

 record ke})t by Mr. Huger, for many years, of the business of his es- 

 tates — still in possession of his descendants — he continually speaks of his 

 r\evvoQS as a part of his fatnily, and manifests, in a thousand indescri- 

 bable ways, the parental solicitude he must have extended to all his 

 people. 



Notwithstanding, however, the sleepless vigilance of Mingo, Quarter 

 Master Jack, who had his head quarters at Brabant, was in the constant 

 habit of levying contributions upon the wealthy neighboihood in which 

 he found himself quartered. Of course "the Hagan," within a few 

 miles, did not escape spoliation. On one occasion two Highland sol- 

 diers removed a fine Brutus mare ; whilst on another occasion, " at one 

 fell swoop," a pai'ty from the same encampment carried oft', beside many 

 othei' articles ol value, twelve valuable blood mares, five fillies, and two 

 colts. 



A slave of Mr. Daniel Ravenel, by the name of Tommy, must not en- 

 tirely be passed over. He is certainly entitled to a brief notice, as well 

 as Mingo. 



At Wantoot, the seat of Mr. Ravene], the place where tlie British army 

 encamped and remained for six weeks after the battle of Eutaw Springs, 

 and on which Mr. Ravenel had an extensive breeding establishment, 

 Tommy proved so remarkable for his fidelity, that his master did not 

 hesitate to give him, during the continuance of the war, the sole control 

 and charge of all his horses, among others his famous mare " Lucy," out 

 of Rose by imported Frier. 



There is an interesting anecdote preserved in reference to this mare. 



During the war it was, of course, of the highest importance tliat the 

 oflBcers and men of the Revolutionary Army sliould be mounted on as 



