Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-04
Correspondence IF Tie BgGah Daiy Erprs.s.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April, %, 1916.

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Up to this time, ! had not been able to COM
prehend that the fne-lookiug, intelligent men
and women Of color that ! saw about me were
chdtteis, the subjects If trade and barter, like
my horse or my COW, but a public sale of
slaves enabled me to comprehend the painful
reality. A.. b. had died, leaving certain debts
TO be paid by his administrators, and his stock
of boys and girls (slaves) were brought TO
! the hammer, according to law, in front Of the
. Court Uouse-the sheriff acting as auction
Ger. Jack is produced and offered for sale.
The sheriff says, "Gentlemen, the terms of
this sale are cash. | offer you this boy Jack
he is warranted sound and in good health I;
he is docile and ingenious; hei is Of good dis
position was very devoted to his late mas
ter; once saved his masters life while drown
ing, at his W risk can't bear an Abolition
list. G. laugh.) How much am | offered
for the boy Jack! Jack, how old are you !"
II reckon, massa, twenty-five or twenty-five
years old-don't know exactly" The sher'
ia says, speaking to his mother, '~Snow-ball
how old is Jack ~ ''Reckon twenty, mas.
sa." "Well, Jack is from twenty to twenty
five years of age. How much is BLDG 5000,
200, 200, 225, 225, go, $50. Jack is a pro-
fessor of religion. 600 by two bidders.)-
Religion sells high! 500, 30O-Jack has 10
education-can't read or write $50. lgno-
rance sells at the same price! $50, $50, 375,
400, 1926, 43O, 1875, 4i0, 40, i40. Do | hear
no more ?-last cali bid quick, or gone
Gone" Jack is knocked oil 10 4 man with
a broad hat who wore a hoavy gold chain
across his bosom, a handsome bowie knife
in his vest, and carries a huge cane in his
hand.
During this dreadful scene, Jacks mother
and sister stand by, awaiting their turn
Need | say to humane readers, that they were
oV,ryybolp,nI il, or;af aud lr,,vn,J ~ t,arS
Jack watched The bidding as intently as the
victim would the knife that was either to sew
er his bonds, or send him to the other world.
! When a man bid who was known 10 be a
kind master, his face would light up with Joy;
and a bid from a different quarter would cover
his face with an expression Of anguish that
must be seen to be appreciated. When he
was struck of, he turned pale and sunk upon
the ground the very picture of despair. |
thought ] could see beneath that dark skin u
white soul wrung by mortal agony. lie had
been purchased by a slave-dealer' who bought
and sold men, women, and children, TO the
sugar planters of Louisiana for gain. His
new master seized him by the collar and drag.
=, ged lGim way to Jail, shaking his cane over
, his head and swearing, as only a slave-dealei
= can wear, that he would load him with irons
and cure him of the Mysteries. The sister,
, comedy female Of nineteen years Of age, was
- next offered, and sold, | believe, TO a kind
y master. The mother was then offered for sale
= on time, for anybody's note without endorse
ment. She was siXty-hve years OF age, Of
more. She was a woman, and a mother, and
n Christian, and her head was white with the
> blossoms of the grave. ''The almond tree
had begun 10 flourish, and the grass hoppers
Il had become a burden;" and there were no
, bidders. God spare me from another such
y sight.