Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-24
Gle Anti- GIourrp BuoIc.
SLAVE AUCTION.

bama, the particulars of a slave sale lie gives
Q cummary of several lots Of negroes put up at
auction. as follows
Robert. his wife Mary ard two children. Rob
ert 81 years Of age, and his wife about g.
The children were both under ihreo years. 50 0G0
was bid for the lot to start with, and after consd-
erable e&erton the part Of the auctoneer be
got 81, $50 for tho family. and knocked them down
to oue Of the bystanders at that price Robert
was rated as excellent driver and house SER
want, and his wife declared che could 30 ironing
and washing with the best Of them They show
cd no emotion whatever while IN the stand and
seemed quite unconcerned. They had evidently
been at the market before
Dinah and her daughter, two years old. The
auctioneer gave Dinah high recommendation as
9 cook and huusemaid, and said the lot was fully
worth Sl50O. lie foally concluded to take 81 300
though, and Dinah and her child knocked
down at thst price There nothing partcu.
lsrly striking or interesting about the appearance
OF this lot, so we will pass on to the next one.
Bob. boy about l6 years of age, so nearly
white that only an experienced person could de-
tect any negro blood in his veins him
standing in the crowd before be was called 20 the
uhHhuI anu uot tlo 'Eu'eo' ouoPiC'uh Nb"b hu
was a slave. Bob was an o ,torouu, and no mis-
take, bu: he brought very small price for cne so
intelligent in appearance. lie was knocked down
ct 81 050. One of the buyers remarked that if
Bob had only been black, he would have gone
high as 81 500 FOR him. There is hot much work
10 these white negrUes' he SAID, although they
will do very well TO wait upon the table To my
mind Bob was worth half dozen of the black fel
lows in pint Of intelligence and real worth, but
no doubt the buyers knew his value better than
did, and bid accordingly, Bob was neither cheer
ful nor sulky. lie manifested total want Of
feeling. aud cared little, suppose, who was to be
his master.
John, handy boy. according to the auction
eer's statement, aged %, was next placed upon
the stand. John was an intelligent looking fel.
low-said ho was good at anything about a
dwelling house or plantaton,' and expected he
would suit any person who would feed him we'll
He WAS as ack as a coal and was esteemed an
a No. l negro in every respect. He was never
married, and didn't want TO marry just yet, he
said A farmer bought him for 81 405, which was
considered grear bargain.
Hannah, sprightIy looking girl. fifteen years
of age black as jet, bns with features purely Cau-
csssian She was really fne looking girl, and
ranked No. |. The auctinneer said she wae
wor very cent of 81 500, but he would take
b. II 81 0G0 to with, his catalogue was
rather long. The bidding very spirited Oh
Hannah, and soon ran up to Sl,450 at which
price she was sold. During the sale she laughed
and chatted with the buyers. and at time diI
she appear dull or melancholy. She appeared tuI
take more than ordinary interest in the bidding
and kept cycling the would be purchasers sharp
ly a. the auctioneer did She said she did n little
at wing. but washing and ironing was her
forte.
Jake his wife, and six grandchildren. The
work. and detracted good deal from the value OF
the children. The might he scrviceatle in a
barn-yard attending chickens or doing some other
j BIT work, but his wife was decrepid, and was
warranted he uf no particular 20 her own
or. The boys were healthy looking fellows, vary
ing in age from five 10 fifteen years, and were
quite dark. The lot was sold for 81 500. One ol
the bys'anders told he would have given
S. 900 for the boys alone. but he did not want toI
be burthened with the old couple. lie would be
compelled by law TO feed and clJthe the parents
for IA number of years. probably without receiv-
ing ythug like equivalent in return, and
thought they wire worth just $500 less than moth
ing
A quadroon girl about nineteen years DID, nam.
ed Amanda. She sold for the purpose of set
ding the affairs Of an estate, and was bought by
gentleman who owned a brother of hers. She
said she expected 'Massa' w. would buy her. and
did not appear TO feel the least uneasy during the
,,c In hi1dinu nha C1
She was rated first class house servant.
Not tear was shed by any of the slaves during
the entire progress Of the sale, and only one of
them Ia maui was asked to show his teeth There
was none Oft "a, pulling, hauling feeling of legs, |
arms. &l., as described by Northern writer's. I ne
slave merely stepped upon the platform, and was
knocked down to the highest bidder.
The slaves we're all sold in families not single
separation having taken place. But this is moth
Ing unusual, for it is only in cases that the
members Of family are sold separately. By
looking at the notices of the sales that take place
constantly in Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and
other cities, it will be observed that ninety nine
oases out of hundred where there are gangs for
sale, the advertisement announces the fact that
the slaves will be sold in families Then again,
the negroes raised INTO tue cities sometimes olJect
TO being sent 10 the country, whereupon adcerIise-
meuts Of the following character are inserted IN
the newspapers;
t.H YaluaJle COackman
CAPERS & HEYWARD.
Will sell at private sale. to respectable city
resident only, HARRY a valuable Coachman, u
House Servant Of intelligence aud character.
Apply at our Office south side Adger's wharf