Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-19
From The Pennsyiraaia F5eeman.
Slavery as ii is.
Chadds FORD m Branduyine Dec. aG. =.

Chadds Ford IN Brandytgine Dec, &c, 10.
DEAR SIN Myself and two others lately
visited the eastern part Of Virrinia to see the
cheap lands much talked Of now in agricul-
luial circles, aud there saw q slave auction.
My friends were not abolijionists before, and
piled my crodulity when | told them the
horrors Of slavery /; bot one week in The Old
Dominion his added two staunch adhrren;s
10 our cause. | wish every prn-sl very man
and woman in the North could witness one
slave auction.
We attended a sale Of land and other pro-
perry near Petersburg. aud very uncxppct-d-
~ saw slaves sold at public auction. The
slaves were told they would not be sold aud
were collected in iroul Of the quarters, o zing
on the assembled multitude. The land be.
Ing sold, the auc,ioueef's loud voice WAS
heard, bring up the a8t.erS." A shade OF
astonishment and alright passed. over their
iaceS, us they stared frs, al each other and
then at the crowd of purchasers, whose at.
icn,lun was now directed 10 them. " hen
the horrible trulh was revealed to thuir minds
that they were 10 be sold, aud nearest rell-
tlons aud dearest friends parted forever, the
effect WIS inIe,clbahly agonlliug. Wcmen
suaiclled up their babe, aud IAN screaming
into the nuts. Children hid behind the huts
aud trees, and the meu sloud minute drsya.r,
tn" auclloneer stood on the porico OF the
house. and the men and bows were raured la
the yard for Inspection. /, WAS announced
that no warranty Of sDand1e,s was uiven, and
purchasers must Examine Tor ihriusri yes.-
a few OIL men were sold al prices from Sl3..
90 10 S2j, 90, and it was paintil to see old
mvn with boards whit" with years Of toll ana
suffering, stand Up TO be the JEST OF brutal ".
rants, and TO hear them tell Of their diseases
and wOrthlrssnrss, fearing they would be
bought by traders Tor the southern market.
A trhie bog, about II years old, was plac
ed upon the s;aud. His hair was brown and
siraight; his skin exactly The SAINT hue a,
other white persons, and no discoverabIC
trace OF negro feature in his counienance.
Some c-alse and vulgar jesis were passed
on his color, and $500 was bid tor him, buI
the auctloneer said >" that is not enough to be-
gin On for such a likely young nigger -
Several remarked they would not have hin
as a gill;" Some said a white nigger was
more trouble than he was worth. One man
said it was wrong TO sell white people.
asked 1t II was more wrong than to sell black
people. He made no reply. Before he wa;
sold, his mother rushed from the house upon
the p%ortlco, crying in frantic grief, My son.
oh, my boy, they will take away my dea.
-" Her voice was lost. rs she was rude.
ly pushed back and the door closed. The
sale was not Tor a moment interrupted d, and
none OF that crowd Of ruthless iynuis appear.
ed to he in the least degree affected by the
scene. The poor boy, afraid to cry before 81
many strangers, who Shove no sim Of sym.
palhy or pity, trembled aud wiped the tear.
from his cheeks with his sleeve. He Wa:
s"ld for about $3.50. The monsters who tor
this Child from his mother would sell YOU
child and mlne II they had the power. Dul
= Ing the sale, the quarters resounded wit
t cries and lamentations that made my hea
D ache. A woman was next called by nam
e She gave her infant one wild embrace belol
/ leaving ii with an old woman, and hastene
n mechanically 10 obey the call, but stoppei
5 threw her arms alofl, screamed, and was uf
-. able to move.
One OF my companions touched my shonI
t der and said, "come, let us leave here, | ca
:. bear no more" We left the ground. III
man who drove our carriage from petprsbur
had two sons who belonged 10 the estate
small boys. He Obtained a promise thar tue
9 should not be sold. He was asked if the
were his only children. He answered, d
that's left OF eight. The others had bee
: sold TO the South, and he would never see {
= hear from them again.
-, As northern people do not see such thing,
they should hear of them often enough 10 Eer
them awake to the sullerings Of the victim
I OF their Indifference.
Very respectfully, your friend,
ELLwooD Harvey.