New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-05
NepTork DAILY Gribm,re
WHO ARE AND WHO NAY BE SLAVES nv
THE UNITED STATES.
FACTS FOR TIE PEOPLE.
BY GEO. W. WESTON

II happened once to the writer in railroad car, for
he lack Of other reading to be driven to the study Of
the advertisements in the semweekly Richmond Val
Enquirer Of Feb. q, 1855 The advertisements of
runaway slaves were found to be numerous and they
deserve attention. showing Of what races the slaves
at the South are made up
G.. II. Gibbons adyertisos Lucretia as ola dark
brown color
Henry Bowers advertises Mary Ann as Of dark
complexion"
Jones & Sclater advertise two runaways "Bob' and
joe. OF Bob is said that he is of dark orarge
complexion OF Joe it is said that che is about the
al same color, perhaps little lighter"
Ha1well & Co. advertise "Otway," describing
him as having n complexion not very black"
VIM. Gray advertises William" described as a
T. II. Smith, jailor of Charlotte County, adycrtiss
the committed runaway Paul." stating that said
negros color is dark"
+. II. Stokes advertises two runaways. "Lemuel
johnson aud " Sam" Lcmuel johnson is described
az "a tall black fellow" The color of San is moi
given.
J.. Lucius Davis advcrtises " George" color
a runaway from the Byrd plantation, Major" is
described as of 'ginger-cake color
l.. Fontaine adyertses Reuben as of "black
complexion"
John j. Wath advertises three runaways, exhibiting
regular gradation of colors follows:
!. Billy Drew" Z" dark mulatto."
.. Ned" st black negro
3. Mat" a very black negro"
A runaway, PHIL is advertised as belonging 10
the estate OF VIM G)och, and il spoken of as follows
The said negro nearly white with eyes blue hair little
old. Its believed he will ende hi. way afee
These are all tho rlnnways advertised in that paper
They sixteen in number, and in all the with
single exception the color is given This Is common in
all Southern adv etisements Of that character Ii does
pnf IN hp umad IL hia.L k,k:f
such Is the fact it is stated. la the advertisements
quoted above the black color is rather the exception
than the rule Of the sixteen runaways taking color
the OF race not exceeding four can have been
of pure African stock, and one appears not to have
been distinguishabe from the pure Caucasiau.
The writer has before him The Daily Baltimore Ssn
Of July 81 1885, which has six advertisements of this
4. b. Robertson advertses six runaways giving de-
ierptons Of hight, &c, and adding, all different
-hades Of black"
VIM. Coubourn advertses james Henry" as of
dark chestnut color"
Susan Goor adyertises Robert " colored boy"
VIM, Is. Hill adyertses 4" Charles Spngg," described
as black
Lawrence Posey advcriscs Madison" A. of chest
p. T. Edelen advertaes "Joe,' as a dull mulatto,
with gray eyes"
Tlese southern advertisements Of which the writer
has many before him, very acute in their distnc.
tons Of color. yellow but not mulatto;" 'cinns
mon color" bright mulatto;" gingerbread color"
about the color OF ginger cake these are samples.
1t is not true, in laT or in fact, that the condition Of
Slavery at the South is confined to the African rsce
The principle Of American Slavery which distinguishs
il from the Slavery Of pararchG times and from on.
entAl Slavery at this day is that where the mother
ensayed, the offspring follow the condition Of the
mother. The female slaves, exposed Of necessity to
the uDbridcd usts of the whites made the insru
ments through whom the Caucasian race is itself re-
duced TO the condition Of serytudc. The laws ) al
" the Southern State" says The Richmond Enquirer,
Justify the HOLDING WHITE MEN IN SLAVERY, pro
"vded through the mother they are descended, how
"cyer remotely, from a negro slave" This is both
the law ard the fact, as TO southern Slavery. The
blood OF orators, statesmen generals, and even Prem
dents flows in the veins Of thousands who bought
and cold like mules and horses. The white negro,
Phil" WHO had the misfortune to belong to the estate
Of William Gcocb," and who, very probably, was
William Gooch's son. is only one Of q class, already