The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-05
titled TO the mural crown, bis exertions in this
matter warrant his being placed an the position
10 make good his claim to it.

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE IN FLORIDA A
CLEAR CASE MADE OUr-We would refer those
-pf our politicians who bave been somewhat Ia
en-. dulcus concerning the eports published in
ths ,NEw YoRK HERALD Of the practical revival
Of TIA African slave trade in the South 10 the
very clear and circumstaetisl case made out by
the 81. Augustine (Florida) Examiner, which
will be foun0 in another part Of this paper.
From the facts thus enumerated, it appears
that Captain Wicnham, OF the brig Favorite, of
Rhode leland, contracted With the slave trading
Hrm Of Lewis & Boyd, Of GAGE Coast Castle,
Africa, TO take In exchange for some $1,000
worth on rum, tobacco, cordase, &C., "eighty
fair and merchsntaole negroes" from four feet
four and upwards In height; s.J in the cusso-
mary proportion" Of two-thids males, and
one-third females" 1t further appears that the
negroes, per contract, we're shipped on board the
Favotiie, and that they were "laoded in the
United States and no mistake" The locality lie
not mentioned; nut the gallant Yankee skipper
himself If, perhaps, the man from whom our
Florida contemporary obtained the copy OF the
contract and view of the ships outward in-
voice.
The Chief items 10 the purchase of her eighty
negroes were those sixty hogsheads Of New Eas
land rum and the seven barrels Of gin. Whist
Q lovely discourse is thus suggested On the
beautiful outside doiDgs OF our Yankee
temperance aud anti slavery phiiaothro-
pists and lawmakers Sixty hogshead5 OF
New England rum and seven barrels Of gin
shipped of to Africa ~ bait with which to catch
ship load OF wild negroes for the Florida mar
ket, and all in defiauce of those laws which de-
nounce the business as piracy, may certainly be
BET down as q cool operation This il carrying
ou. the Rhode Island Liquor Law aud Yankee
sympathy for Uncle Tom" with vengeance.
But, assuming that our Rode Island skipper
landed only seventy of his eighty slaves in the
United States, and that they commanded only
the low cash price of three hundred dollars each,
the cash account OF the venture will stand thus
Seventy negroes a. $500 each. 81, 600
Outlay In New EpgA rum, gin, &c. 81 1856
Oentipgent expt nses say. 900
--.- 1o,lss
profit. SIC, sos
But ~ an average Virginia "nigger" fetchea
over $1,000 In the cotton States 1t is very
likely that these wild Africans brought at least
five hundred dollars each. At all events, clear
profit Of ten thousand dollars on a little venture
Of this sort will serve to show the temptations
to Yankee enterprise to go into this lucrative
business on larger scale. It is a traffic, too
which, like the Kansas "border ruifian' apits-
hon, may be made to serve the political pur-
poses of the republican party against the South
the democracy and the administration. But let
these Yankee slave traders look sharp, or they
may be caught mapping Old Buck is deter
mined to put an end to the thing; and we
should hardly be astonished II, within the next
three months, he were to make capture or two,
resulting in some damaging disclosures to our
Northern temperanca and ami ala ua~s, srA"",a-
tors in New England rum and the merchant
able negroes" of Africa.