Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-02-07
THE SLAVE MARKET OF coNsrANrINopLE

IL is known that the dealers in beautiful Crcas-
sian women bring them TO Constantinople and ex-
pose them for sale, and indeed in all the large oren
tai cities, damascus, Alexandria, Grand Carlo,
NC, &c Wherever the Mussulman religion pre-
walls female slavery exists. In the mountains OF
EiIcassa' where the pure and bracing air prevails,
those beautiful creatures aIe rased-raised some
may say, by cultivation, as we raise delicate fruit
and howers-watched, trained, their diet regulated
their complexion guarded, taught such accomplish
mens as the country will allow, carefully attended
TO, and permitted to perform mental Offices These
delicate and charming are the very essence
Of oriental! beauty, with blue ewes complexion like
alabas,er, and shape and limbs which might rival
the Medicean Venus. They are, at The early aye
OF fourteen, collected by their owners and joining
the caravans for Consiantinople, arrive without ia
tlgue at what isdeemed profitable market; and the
brokers' are forthwith despatched among the rich and
luxurious to inform them that SPLENDID prizes ofex
quiste beauty have arrived and for sale TO the high
est bidder. The Rev. DR.. Durbin, on his arrival
at Alexandria, walked down with his guide to the
slave market.
we came" said he, "to a rough stone building.
not more than twenty feet square, with no opening
IN it but door. Looking in we found it full Of
ooys ana girls, from ten to twenty years of age.
lhe tall lean Nubian slave merchant. savage
looking black at the door outof his dark corner
and stood before me, showing his ivory teeth in his
eagerness TO sell one of his slaves Seeing nv ewes
rest upon fine full form, with a loose garment
thrown around her shoulders, he made her rise and
come forward, and then uncovered her neck and
chest, pressed his hand her person. evidently TO
satisfy me. | asked the price One hundred and
hiteen dollars. manifested hesitation, and he call
ed up more delicate and sprighlly looking Abys-
snian, with eyebrows painted blue. He made
her expose her teeth and tongue, drew aside her
vesture, and invited inspection in the midst of the
crowd. narrowly watched these females during an
Sp al fn nc nd
but submission and indifference 10 their fate. In
one OF them there was slight shrinking which ma
lure under this weight of night involuniarly COM
pels. turned away with horror at the scene be-
fore me, where virtue had not even the privilege of
contest nor The apology for temptation'
This: however, was on small, probably vulgar
scale They must be in the chambers of the car
avansera at Constantinople, reclining OIL o,tomaDs,
their limbs wrapped in slight gauzeike gossamer,
showing beneath the blue veins and alabaster com.
plexion, the finely formed limbs, the delicate bust
together with the liquid blue eye,the raven tresses
the ivory teeth, the vermiion lips the whole shape
and form, which, like Venus rising from the sea .
shed around them innumerable sparkling, dazzling
beauties. This probably is a Christian girl and
her master Is hldeous negro, and is bargaining
for this fair creature with rich old Turk who ia
quietly regarding her while putting away the smoke
from his chboque. Here we see the reverse Of the
picture tho black, brutal master selling the white
beautiful slave, and not Christian voice is raised
| against the deep damnation Of such an act The
sympathetic English, anxious to abolish African
slavery-the free soil Americans, SO mad for tn,
freedom of the blacks-have not a word TO saw
hand to lit, or voice 10 impore for white Chris
tan female slavery among the Mahomeans Win
demonstrates with the Turks against this barbarity
Who demands that the slavery OF white female
shall cease in the East? No one We show of
our sympathy at home, where it is not needed
This is the world.-.Sunday Times