The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-06-05
THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE.

| "o''eh hoLi 1ucI hoilcS III Illtna, ana
conveying them to the West Indies, Peru,
DC. has grown up of late, (says the Balti-
more American,) in lieu of the African
slave trade; and as might be expected, like
the old slave trade, it is carried Oil chiefly
10y English and American vcsscls-the lat
ter hailing in all cases, as far as we are
aware, from the non-slave States, and a
large portion of them from New England
and New York. Very likely some of the
same men are engaged in this ncfarious
business, who are loud in denouncing the
Southern man for not turning large part
Of his family out Of doors, or sending them
to the SHOWS Of Canada.
The following extract Of letter which
has been handed us for publication, says
the New York Journal of Commerce, shows
how the materials of the modern slave
traJc-the Chinese Coolies-arc obtained.
To fill out the horrors Of the middle pas-
sage-which is often fatal to large num-
bcrs, and then TO see the poor wrctchcs
getting out guano ut the Chincha Islands,
Which soon destroys the remainder. We
are crcdibly Informed that person who
lay some days near the Islands, saw eleven
I've think it was) Of the poor creatures
jump into the sea, preitrring death ly
drowning, to the slow torture to which
their employment subjected them. If a
white man were good rs a negro in the
estimation OF the noisy pretended philan.
thr"pis;s Of this d;y-or rather if their
humanity WIS not Il sl,am-thcv would
utter some voice Of rcmonstrancc a"ains,
the abominaLlc system to Which We have
alluded, and which is carried on in part
10y their own ncghJors and from their own
ports.
Extract of Il letter dated Swotow, (Ciina)
Dee. 10th, 1855:
We have now bent our sails and expect
TO sail Tor Ca!Iao in n few days. We have
now on board 700 Coolies, and expect to
take 600 more. l suppose, if God pre-
serves our lives, we will arrive in about -
days. l will try to explain what our cargo
consists of, viz: mcn-C.inarnen of course
who are called Cinnamon Coolies. As
YOU have been to Russia, YOU had a sample
the same us scrs, or as our Southern
| negroes but, poor things, they are torn
from their parents and friends, and sent on
board Of our slip, and many other slips of
on' "wn country, as well us English, They
kii'n"p them and take them to the junk, as
we cal! ii, and stay there one or two weeks,
TIL Tie captain thinks proper to take them
on boar! OF our ship. They are bought
for fifteen and twenty dollars per man, and
when tlie captain is ready to 60 on board
the junk the mate sings out "Lay aft here"
c''Ii"g the boys by name and they have
to keep the boat away from the junk, for
fear OF some Of the Coolies friends coming
and taking them away. We have Ole
C""'lc who has run away from five different
ships. The kpnaprcrs bring ont the Coolies
| i!lc same as Ut the slave market ut Mobile
for inspection. They are then made to go
through several cxcrci>cs-j jumping. kick.
ing, @c. and then inspected 10y the dec:or.
A';cr this, they are given ncw clothes, and
the" sent on board the ship, and we lave
TO keep sentry. We have twenty men
armed on se"try night and day. The
Coolies have scvcr:.! times t,icd to lisc, and
If j, had not been for two or three Cuolics
who made it known, they would have taken
the ship. We have plenty Of ammunition
on board, anil three guns, Which are l;,sbc.l
SO as to bear on the slaves if they should
rise. A slip took some from here and
sold them for $3.50 each. This Shin OK.
poets to stay out here about two years.