Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-09
For the Grant County Herald.
Slavery as 1T is.

Slavery as 1T is.
The horrors of Slavery and the marvel
our effects of the system, cannot, proba-
bly,, be set forth in more vivid colors and
in more undeniable truth, than in the fol-
lowing statistics, taken from p. II, vol. /,
Of Elliott on Slavery:
The mortality, or waste Of human life,
forms a common characteristic. The
greater part Of the horrors of the domes-
tic slave trade has not been recorded on
earth. Under the age of 10 We have not
enumerase date on which to proceed l
find, by comparing the ages of slaves with
those of the free people of color, that be-
tween. 10 and "a there should be 665,875
slaves whereas there are out 620,827,
showing a deficiency of 45,o4s. Between
"a and So, the working age, there should
Le 439, $50; there are but $40, $50 slaves,
making deficiency Of 69,o59. Between
the age Of SO and So, when decay begins
to effect the slave, there should be &c.,
l6l; there ara only 9,787, making a
waste of 1l0,374. Oger So years Of age
there ought to be 1876, 707; there are but
83,9s36, raising the loss to l03,o8l. The
total deficiency, therefore, arriving from
this waste of life, is 327,5il, prematurely
worn out and killed on The cotton and s,,-
gar plantations IN Tie south for 10 years"
Taxing the census. Of 10, and follow
ing the same standard, the number of free
people of color, there ought to he $780,
7ea slaves between the ages of | 0 and "a
there are but ISL, 2o6, making dcficien-
cy of 4S,492. Te.ween "a AMI 3G there
should be $50, there are but 49,
100; deficiency, 110,947. From 36 to
55, the proper number is 444, 376; actual
number 2s4, 465; deficiency, 1891, OF
about SO per cent. The total deficiency
in 10 years is 3I9,35O. There are not
half as many slaves over SO, and only two
thirds as many between SO and 50 as there
would be were the condition of adult
slaves as favorable to longevity as that of
the free colored"
"The census of 1910 shows that the in
crease of the slave population for the 10
previous years was rs per cent. The CEN
sus of 1880 made the gain 80 per cent, SO
that the increase in 10 years previous to
1910 was per cent less than the ten
years previous to 1880. According to the
census of 1910, the slave exporting States,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Car
olina South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky,
Tennessee and District of Columbia, bad
parted with 456, SOL; the slave importing
States, Alabama, Mississippi, louisiana
Missouri, Arkansas and Florida--show a
gain of only 27l,5s6. The deficiency
I64,el5, or difference between the exports
and imports, can be explained only by the
loss in the South. (See proceedings Of
anti-slavery convention for ls4a, pages SO
and 4l.')
Such parts, undeniable as the census OF
the nation, are enough to chill the blood
of every humane being, and stamp The
system with eternal reprobation.
DR.. Elliott speaks Of a man Of his ac-
quaintsnce, who in the early settlement o.
Kentucky, finding it difficult to hire white
help to clear and cultivate his farm, went
to Va, with intent t9e buy some slaves
He found two mulattos who suited HIM,
and knowing that their father must have
been white, as their mother was black, ne
inquired of the mother to their father, who
said: "My master is the father OF the
Oldest and my masters son is the father Oh
the other" The man went back to the
master and told him the answer, which was
not denied, and told him that if there was
no he'll there ought to be for him, and y
he did not go there he saw no use of hav-
ing such place. The man left Va, with
out his help and resolved never to own a
Save, and finding it difficult to hire white
help where free labor was disgrace, he
sold out in Ky. and moved to Ohio, where
hs spent the remainder of his life.