Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-19
REPORT ON SLAVES.

The Committee on Slaves beg leave to report
That they have awarded the highest premium Il
John Smith, on his quadroon, Caesar, MS the larg
est, hkeliest, and best conditioned, male slave. Il
this connection obey would further remark, tina
in breeding slaves for market, much care Shout.
be taken not to allow the female slaves to cohabi
with unsound or imperfectly developed men. Nj
Smith Informs us that the father of Cesar, TIT
premium slave, was a white man, to whom he ha,
hired his slave Peggy for the purpose of breeding
Mr.. IugmuttOn, the father of the slave, is Il sincl,
man. AT the birth of Caesar, the father was 2
years old. lie is five feet eleven inches high
square built, strongly knit, and very active. II,
weighs about 100 los. lie has about the usua
amount Of energy, but is neither intellectual MOI
inquisitive. He abounds in good nature, and is
yielding and complaisant. His form, size, strength
action, and mental characteristics aud traits, arc
duly transmitted to Caesar, who would gladly learn
to read and write, but who is equally contented t.
remain in ignorance. Your Committee cannot
too strongly urge on all slavebreeding planters the
necessity Of providing fathers for their prospective
slaves, with sound and well-proportiuned bodies
and limbs, with clean muscle, m~edium-sized bones
and especially with broad and ample chests. Nor
should their chronological developments be over
looked; for every breeder of slaves knows full
well that the disposition of n slave is scarcely less
important than his health and strength. The TEN.
permanent that would he desirable for q statesman
and lassen b;s m,rLot r,I,o uL;Lo 81 -, -
6t him to n,each the Gosnel would cpso,,v srh"uoa
his value. II costs M mora to becet q Sood IN y
a bad slave. The cost of CESSATION e nnrturn
raising. clothing. and nrevenfing his edncotion arr
the same; and vet the sonnd 1IelLformnd slava
with a good disnosition will sell for 81 O0O on;,k'
err than The unsound fractions mo viii fnr e5no -
Have our PLANTERS and sI,roLreo6ors Jrir consid
cred these thinmsP ID tbev bovo = roaI;:inr sonso
that slaves are The Great s,anie IF V;rH;n;o ? Tb"t
ns her soil is M lnngor conaLIo of ra2?.;nr bamn
tobacco. cotton, NOR rico she ia thrown ,v3oiIy n n
her slavebroeding c,nocity Tboro ara nny IN IN
thi7 St,te over 40 060 sIa vos nf vh;oII 400 ooo
are females. One.third of tbese ore caroLIn Of
bearinr children and bv ;nd;cious mona%omon,
NAV he moda r. nroJuco 49, ~ go -L,nan
months or G6 6GG ovorH roar rrhoso M - ~
duce1. Inv death and occ;dant. ~ 50 OOn tocaro
thew are 1T for market. and os tbcv arc now ro;sa6
are not worth over 1900 eocb. IN nron this 1oI.
foure makes the animal vinlb Of tb;s rreat W. Nv
Twenty-Five millions Of d1iIors ynnr 1o i ROY
most Telinionslv believe ,bat Lv a sniant;Go n,oJo
of breeding Which NAV no oos ;ntrndmcad thoao
slaves NAV he made rorth t'yino thot =, n Is
tbe brncHf rasrItrig r. n,orais orJ humm ~
sov nn,hino of the h;ghnr ;ptaresta 81 rol;ron
would he Sevond comoutati lion IN ,bo cntn nc
Cnsar. Te seems cheerful ana borrv 10 sm;nennr
roI;";nns ond obIa ~ Sn 49, ~ nly