Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-27
Slave Trading IN Georgia.


A correspondent of The "Iudependent De-
mocra,," writing from Atalanta, Georgia.
says:
When | came to this place, from Savan-
nah, | stopped at a foggy little town, built
on the South Carolina side of the Savannah
river, called Hamburg, notorious as a "hu-
man market" The State Of Georgia prohi-
bits the introduction OF slaves into the State,
for sale; and The consequence Is, Hamburg
was built up just opposite Augusta, TO! the
purpose of furnishing slaves TO the planters
of Georgia. Augusta is the market TO which
the planters of Upper and Middle Georgia
bring their cotton; and if they want to pur-
chase negroes, they step over into Hamburg
and do so. There are Two large houses there,
with ~piazzas in front 10 expose the "chat-
tels' to the public during the day, and yards
in rear of them where they are penned up at
night like sheep, SO close that they can hard
" breathe, with bulldogs on the outside as
sentinels. They sometimes have thousands
here for sale, who in consequence of their
number suffer most horribly.
While at Hamburg | saw "a drove" of
these " human CATTLE" passing along through
the street towards the markel-houses. They
had been brought up in the country, and were
ueStlDtu tOI IGAdo-tIdb DCNlONlhAlS dIul~
ton 10 "the area Of Freedom" They were
brought 10 this place to "ship on board the
cars for Mobile. 1t was the most sickly sight
| ever witnessed, and God knows | have
seen things often before that were enough TO
soften a heart of adamant. Many Of them
were young-mere boys and girls-and had
travelled barefoot, over the sharp, burning
sands of South Carolina, until their feet were
literally cut 10 pieces, leaving blood at almost
every step they took. Added 10 this was The
lash of their cruel drivers, the cravings of
hunger, and other hardships usually eXpe-
rienced in such a tramp, which had made
them the most miserable looking objects |
ever saw. One beautiful young creature,
who would in the land of freedom pass for a
white person, was among the number. She
observed me gazing with attention upon her
and undoubtedly thought that ! wanted tc
purchase; and clasping her hands and fixing
her fearful eyes upon me, with a look of the
utmost supplication, she said "For the love
of God, massa, do buy me! | good cook,
nurse, ironer, washer-cheap at eight hun
bred dollars-dU buy me | afterwards
learned that they asked eight hundred dol
lars for her, which was probably on account
of her being white. | think it would have
been a deed of charity TO have bought her,
even to make a slave Otto have redeemed
her from the hands of such monsters as these
/" Niger traders" invariably are. ] never
felt the misfortune Of being poor so kecnly
as ! did at that moment. All Of them APP
peared anxious to be sold, and when a pur-
chase was made of one of them, be appeared
to be pleased at his prospects, while the rest
seemed to envy him. Many OF them-whites
and mulattoes-are intended for the brothels
of New Orleans and Mobile, where a girl
from sixteen TO twenty years OF age will
bring from one TO two thousand dollars.
When | left Hamburg for this place, there
were fifty or sixty Of these wTetched creatures
in the same train of cars, going on towards
the South West-probsbly TO the "Lons
Star" They were huddled into an old box.