The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-04-23 00:00:00

SA Lff OF REGIMES. BY AUCTION.
Istraet of a letter fees ad, Ip V iait, dated
Pete worn, Tll. ' laiellogNshsasa oleo esai-
grated flow Norfolk. -
',The swknefirsesolhosidlis is of frequent oc.
;.!'serene in this city.sif, was pi event at see the other
:,city ; inure than a beached, were disposed of that
morning; they formed port •f the estate" of
JOU' Graham, a eitalthr Scertehosan, derraveil. A
,soft of lefiapoverrislat fo-vm was erected in the street
vfire,ifteoallevelaiNwillition of the auctioser and the
tAlegto for salor.voillasty wee. stektbefore I arrived on
..the stint.. • psychs of cititens boy-
tot for their own use, three siegro spe-
culators from the Wester, tborn Slates, to
sejsoos the Isom- creatures are' 0111111111/terse to be-
ing sold. The following is efilliillablietative of
assist passed during my stay: slow asseisiti
nee lower : " Gentlemen, .the nett we of you
for sale is Billy! a giod rough answer, about
:to years of age, able-bodied, sod warranted sound ;
scam do plootatiou work if required, and is in every
. scspect a very useful ham'. Gentlemen. what will
. you give me for the rough carpeoter ? will nobody
_gide me a led foe it Nary," by a voice
from the crowd.—Auctioneer : "No more than 350
.dollars for tilts valuable hand ! Well, gentlemen,
gutog for 350"-400, 410, 420. and 425, were
successively • bid.—Auctioneer :—" Going at 425
dollars 1 have many nigger* to dirpose of gentle-
. men, and copilot dwell; once, twice. three times—
gone at 4t5 dollars." Boyer:James Grant, a forge°
trader front New Orleans.—Auctiorieer: "'the
tit at nigger rat Nile, gentleinesois Panto! Come, Pon-
- to, 11101111 Up here and tell the gentlemen what you
tau (10.".120n10 murmured sometteir.g, with which
the auctioneer seemed not very well pleased, who
turning from hint. addressed the assembly with—
" ,Getolemen. what will you give me for Tonto ?
a good fiv Id hand, thirty-two years of age, cud"
—here the uegro intesrupted the auctioneer by
calling out —" Gentlemen, I is rising forty !"
Auctioneer—" lie is described in the 101 l of sale,
gentlemeo, as thirty-two years of age, which I pre-
. swine is cutrect."—Negro—" Why, Gentlemen,
1 has lived with Mr. Gordon siring teseute-one
pars, arid whets lie bought me I was a heap littler
. ,not !luau I is now !"—Auctionecr—" Well, well,
evesitlemeu,-you see the nigger before 3.01 i : he is
dricribetl 119 being thirty-two years of age; he says
he is forty ; it is for you to judge which of the two
.Is correct : at any rate he is a very valuable trigger
--a first-rule plaratitiem hand, strong 'and able-
bodied." • Ilene Clue negro interrupted him
yikh the following address:—" Gentlemen, I is not
able-hodied ; for, in the Mat place, I is troubled
with sickness; and, in the mat ',lace, I hiss girt a
wets on soy right shoulder as big as an Irish potatut!"
Phis address silenced the bidders, and time electioneer
PlAerved, " Gendeinen, you see this fellow does not
squat to he sold ; however, I shall find a "inviter for
fun]; for the present we shall be under the mos ssity of
passing hien by." He was then ordered to mend
reed Jacob was ordered up in his place. Auctioneer:
gentlerneo, I ant about to offer you our of
tire most valuable uegroes in the city of Riche d ;
het is alb excellent matinee sn:l currier—the first of
that profession I ever had for sale ; lie is an active
lisrly nigger, about 35 years of age, and bears an
rzvellent character for honesty, sobriety. iodate-
try, soil ingeossity. Now, or., ittlensen, I antici-
pate a very high bidding far this must valuable
eery:aid ; come. gentlemeri, what will you give me
fur Jacob the tanner ?" A bidder t " Four
fundreil dollars." Anctiosier : "Four hundred dull
lan only for the tamer and currier ! why, gen-
tlemen, lie would hire for two hundred a-year." Mrs
C:aa.t, tire negro trader : " Jacob, are yen willing
to leave Richmoud ?" Jacob " No." I oh-
seeved after Wiz that Mr. Grant never bid for him ;
he was kilos-lied down at five laundrvd said thirty
idellors to an inhabitant of this neigthourhood.
be met lot was a family, a man, a woman, and
tsrir two small children, whom the auctioneer said
te ass instructed not to separate; they sold toge-
ther foe 840 dollars to a citizen of Petersburg.
The selling of this " lot" occupied !wady half en
Four, the aoictioarer appeurisig exeettlirrely unwil-
ling to dispose of thesis at that !Juice. After this 1
leftthe ode for rogue tune, and in my return I found
it bad just closed, and the auctioneer was informing
the assembly that there were about thirty more
negroes, male and female, belonging to this estate,
vs lso would be disposed of by private contract ; with
the privilege of choosing their own masters. The
cnoositig their own masters (4 privilege nut often
given) iv ra. her a negattve than a positive choice ; It
is the liberty of determining who they will not go to.
Thus public nulice is given that such as negro is for
sale, a person wishing to purchase studs forthe negro,
and asks him Ulm is willing to be sold Whim ; if he
mowers in the affirmative. application is made to the
seller, and probably the bargain is closed. If the
answer be iii the negative, toe further steps are taken.
This is called the " liberty of choosing his own mas-
ter." In the Inris.g out of negroes by the year, the
privilege of choosing their employers is generally
givers, i, r. rotatively as above. Negrosessold at auc-
tion are generally the properly of persons deceased,
or who have failed its business: under other circuit,-
wooers the sale of s.egrots is not (muumuu; for.
beizot considered tether discreditable, it is generally
the lost description of property a man will dispose
if a person, hitherto iu good repute, should
sell foie of his " nigger," (only** it be for souse
g ot. fault), it is insinedietely suspected that ills
sa. tvu•tipices are ou the wane. Negroes are con-
soleied not urdi es belonging to, but in some
si.ew•tiee ai forttiiiiK part of the family : when a
mass dies he divide. his nevus-gamut% his children ;
Antis of there div.snois agsiti go on inereassiug, pro-
Liattily in geom. trice, psi Krrs.inm, till by the wait-
rtoge or death of their usher's faintly other divisions
lake place ; and su Oil, perhaps, through atverul
*iterations. should a wetly mulatto woman be
offered at public auction, the sale to getierally well
attended by bachtluss, by one of whom she Is
usually purchased, and taken into keeping.
• The potatoes MUMS a 4it tdtnode aseievariably called
Irish isettatte..

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