Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-05-11
From the London Times.
WHAT is sLAV ERY3

one who has no will OF his own, bot whose Pe.so !,
and services are holly under the control o. ano'xT
The learned LeXicographer-and surely .. - = -
men should be acquainted with the % 80 80
iactntoceeds 10 inform that IN Ihe edi'J aSeH
the world prisoners Of war were cohSi Hu ;, o.
ed as slaves, "'rhe slaves OF modem HiheS' "v
- :, 80 .aos,allv purchased like horses or oxen.
o. go III Jobnson, defines a slave as being one
:. rna,cinated TO a maSter-not freeman-a dePrn,
dantone who has lost the power OF resistance
M Charles Richardson, on the other hand consiues
: ai,1e az person Is who Is reduced 10 CAPTIVITY
- servitude-to bondage: rho is bound Or coInpeli'
eJ 10 serve labor, toll for another Ihefe IS az
uavs some little trouble about definitions ahu P'o
ba5Iy il requires the cobbRg and hlng0I moIe '''a"
one generation produce anything IKE perez nv
Tbe1e are however, certain conditions oi ue "hich
auy photographer would endea'or 10 Ihcuoe W ''
drsgnet, If he were attempting 10 give , ne.n ~
slavery. We all agreed about Tue V LIVE - IT,
md ccio,sd nooulation Of the Southern States Of ue
Kno,;c.u IIninn They slaves: not only IN name'
bnt in faei-kindIy treated, We believe 10 me dy"i
i,v If instances but still essentially Saves WV"
90 endeavor to 90 a little further we hnd ourselves
:IratIy embarrassed. A man is the slave OF
6;s o,vn had oassionsOG his lust alter gam OF Po"
a. Rnt Ills will scarceIy do, for by enlarging tne
definition TOO much the essence ana Tea'IV " ''o
hing TO be defined is altogether lost.
rerLaos he better TO begin al the other end,
and ascend from particulars to generals. Irah'IhR
that the negro gangs, who are "ofkeS vi VIC -;
grounds Ct The Southern States OF NO''" [1'"eI'
o. in The smear plantations of Brazil, are Saves I'D
that Uav shouid we speak Of persons VINO are Gil.
eumstanced in the manner we are ABOUT " IS'a'o
Let us consider them inhabitants OF oIS'dn' re-
oiop-say of New Odeans-no ma''er d"ouI 'l'e
color of their skins, and then ask ourselves "hat
eboud he our opinion of nation IN whlch snch
things are tolerated. They are OF sex ana age me
Ieast qualified 10 struggle with the hardsfiPs OF ihe
ot-young women for the most Parl' oet" 10 "''u
40 wears Of age. As we would not deal Ia eXaSSet
atoms we would PREMISE that we take them at their
busy season, just writer's upon American slavery
are careful select the season OF contemplating %
sugar-crushing illustrators of er'heoi'FS'
vo1nO female slaves, then, Of whom we sPedh' are
ro,Led in oenos in i'll ventilated rooms, or rooms
that are not ventilated at ALL Tor II IS ouno Oy eHP
rience that, if air be admitted, 1t brings WIN u
- black" of another kind, which damage the Wofk
upon which the seamstresses are employed Intil
occupatioD is 10 sew from morning I'LL night and nigh'
till morning-sliIch, stitch, such' without pause ;
without speech-without smIle-wlthout sign
In the Orav of he morning they must be al woEN !;
saw at six ocIock-having quarter OF an houf di,
lowed them for breaking their FAST The 1000 served
out 10 them is scanty and miserable emo" gh' ouI s
in all probability more than their te7ered system can
DIGEST We do rot, however, wish to make one d
case Of starvation the suffering is OF another Kind
equally dreadful endurance.
From six o'clock, till Il il is stitch, stlch' Al IL
a small piece of dry bread is served TO eacn seam
sress hut still she must stitch AT O'Clock, ~
minutes are allowed for dinner-a slice OF meal ano
potato, with glass of toast and water 10 each
workwoman. Then again TO work sutch' St'tGh-
until five o'clock when Is minutes are again allow
more-stltch, stilch-until, nine o'clock, when 10
minutes are allowed for supper; piece Of dry bread
and cheese, and glass If beer. From nine O'CLOCK
at night Until one, two and Itree o'clock IN Inc morn
in0 Stitch stitch the only break in this long period
heinz minnie or two-iusl time enoug IN TO swallow
cup of strong tea, which is supplied lest the young
people should = feel sleepy" Al o'clock A. NJ.
10 bed at O'Clock A. NJ. out Of II again to resume
the duties Of the following day. There must be
good deal of monotony in the occupation.
But when We have said that tor certain montns OF
the year these unfortunate young persons are worked
in the manner we describe, We have not said ALL Even
during the few hours allotted 10 seP-should we not
rather say feversh cessation from toll !-their
HseTes continue. They cooPed IN sleeping pens,
ten in a;room which would perhaps be sufficient for
the accommodation of two persons. hat formation
is from the ireadmil and " hat a ireadmIl! TO the
Black Hole of Calcutta. Not word of remonstrance
is allowed, or is possible. The seamsirt ssts may
leave the mill, doubt but what awaits them on the
other side of the door starvation, II they be honest
if NOT in all probability, PROSTITUTION and lis con-
sequence. They would scarcely escape from slave
~ that way. Surely this is very terrible. sta te
Of things, and which claims the anxious consid-
Grafton Of the ladies of land who have pronounc-
ed themselves loudly against the horrors oil negro
: slavery in the United Stale. Had this system OF OPP
preston against persons Of their own sex been real
ly exercised in New Orleans it would have ELECTED
from them many expressions of sympathy Tor The sui
eTers and of adherence for the cruel task masters
who could SO cruelty oVerwork wretched creatures so
untitled for the toll.
Ii is idle TO any further mysthcation In the
matter. The scenes Of misery we have described
exist at own doors, and in the mos; fashionable
quarters of luxurious London. Il is in the dress
making and millinery establishments of the - West
end " that the system is steadily pursued. The con-
tnuous labor is bestowed upon the gay garments in
which the " ladies of England - love TO adoTn them
selves. 1t is to satisfy their whims and caprces that
their wreched sisters undergo these days and nights
Of suffering and toll. 1t is but right that should
confess the fault does not lie much The door Of
the customers with the principles OF these esab-
lishments. The milliners and dressmakers OF the
metropolis will not employ hands enough to do the
work. They increase their profits ficm the blood
and life of the wretched in their employ.
Certainly the prices charged tor articles of dress
any of the great establishments sufficiently hig h
as most English heads OF families know to their
cost-to enable the projectors retain competent
staff OF work-PeoPle, and at the time secure
very handsome profit 10 themselves. Wherein,
then, lies the remedy L! Will the case of these poor
seamstresses be betteTed if the ladies Of Eng land
abstain partially, or in great measure, from giving
their usual orders to their usual houses! In that
case may be said some of the seamsresses will be
dismissed TO starvation and the remainder will be
overworked as before. We freely confess We do not
see our way through the difficulty for we hold the
most improbable event in social arrangements 10
be the TACT that lady of fashion will employ Sc.
cond rate instead of rsrate house for the purchase
OF her annual fnery. The leading milliners and
dressmakers Of London have hold of English socie-
~ at both ends. They hold The ladies' by their van
ity and their love of fine clothes and the ssamsresses
by what appears TO be their interest and their love
OF fe Now, love of fine clothes and love of life are
two very strong motive-springs of human action.
A correspondent who has addressed US upon this
subject suggests that the ladies oil Engand-lhe cen.
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