The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-11-16
ANTI SLAVE
From the Essex Transcript.
TIE GREAT SLAVE MARKET.


Is of Washington addressed to the Editor fro
- which | take the. following paragraph:
j. "This year, over 5000 have alread
y been sold in our dens of diabolism, an
:. many more heart strings will be broke
before the winter sets in, by sunderin
! all the ties of life to meet the deman
4 for human victims in the Louisiana mark
: et In Florida, also, the demand ha
y been greatly increased by the diabolica
a law, TO encourage the armed settlement
of that slavery-cursed territory, and thu
increase the political weight Of the slav
system in the councils of our country.
Scenes have taken place in Washing
ton this summer that would make tn,
devil. blush through the darkness of the
pit, if he mad been caught in them. A
fortnight ago last Tuesday, no less thar
SIXTY HUMAN BEINGS, were carried RICH
by the Capitol YARD to slave ship! The
men were chained in couples and fasten.
ed to log chain as is common in this
re2ion. The women walked by thei,
side. The little children were carried
aAoHS III wagons.
In the summer Of 1840 when in Wash.
ington, | took occasion in company with
two friendsttt visit the principal slave trad
ing establishments of the District. In AL
exandra, al The great Slave. Prison formerly
known as Franklin & Armfeld's, there were
about fifty slaves. They were enclosed by
high strong walls, with grated iron doors.
Among them was poor woman who had
escaped Twelve years before from slavery,
and who had married free man. She mad
been hunted out by some of those human
blood hounds, who are in the detestable
occupation of catchers, separated from
her husband, and with her child had been
sold TO the spectators for the New Orleans
market. Another woman whose looks and
manner were expressive Of deep anguish
had, with her nine children been sold away
from her husband - an everlasting separa-
lion! But, her sorrows had but just begun.
Long ere this she and her children have
probably been re-sold, scattered and divided,
and are now tollng in hopeless bereave-
ment, or buried like brutes, without a lear
or christian rite, on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi!
From this horrible market house Of hu-
man flesh, we were informed that from
1900 TO 1000 slaves are sometimes sent TO
the South in single year.
AT the Alexandria public Jail was poor
lad who had come TO the city in q vessel,
and had been seized and imprisoned on sus
picion of his being a slave. As he hap
pened 10 have no document to prove his
freedom, after having been kept in close
confinement in a prison cell for twelve
months he was in few days TO be sold as
slave TO pay The fees of the jaier!
We visited the next day slave dealers
establishment in the city of Washington
1t stood somewhat apart from the dense part
of the city, yet in full view of the Capitol.
lis dark strong walls rose in grim contrast
with the green beauty Of early Summer-a
horror and an abominaton-a blot upon the
fair aud pleasant landscape. We looked in
upon group Of human beings herded to-
gether like cattle Tor the market. The young
man in attendance informed US that there
were five or six other regular shaved callers
in the city, who having no prisons of their
own, kept their slaves in this establishment,
or in the City Prison. The following ad-
ver,isement of this internal market house
have copied from the Washington Globe
and the Inteligencer:
"CASH FOR NEGROES"
The subscriber wishes TO purchase a
numbered negroes for the Louisiana and
Mississippi markets. He will pay the
highest price which the market will JUS
tily. Himself or an agent at all times
can be found at his JAIL on 7th street,
the first house south Of the market bridge
on the west side. Letters addressed to
him will receive the earliest attention.
VIM. IL. Williams.
In the same papers, four other regular
dealers in humaa beings advertised them
selves. In addition, Geo. Kephart oil Alex
andria, advertised the copper fastened brig
Isaac Frankin,' twas nearly ready to sail
with slaves for New Orleans. So much FOL
National newspaper organs OF the Wing and
Democratic parties! What must be the
state of parties which can acknowledge
, such papers as their mouth pieces?
On the walls oil the slave-dealer's Office
were suspended some low and disgraceiu
pictures and carcaures, in which abolition
lists and blacks were represented, and ii
-, which Daniel O'Connell and John Quinc!
Adams, held prominent position, as object
Cnr the nhscenn mixes and Millicism OF OH