, 1860-06-20
ThE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE.
The Manner Of Selling Men. Women
and Children.

40 '4'"n ana csiid49en. csiia9 men, women
/, a correspondent of tie :5dtncinuaG tomm<r.
cal, in attsndsnce upon thssseedetassr conven-
ton describes = slsve-aaetiaa: IT aiebaeRd,
thusa- r. ~. =.
The sl.Te trade, thep,.is -cairfedSon aEtbis
point With vigor unknown IN any otheS nEk4t
In the world. There Ia no eikJ OF depoftfh AHA, :
OF on: The shorta Of Africa, or in the Islands
Of the Seas, where 50 many slaves are annually
sold, a. In this place I I'm informed that the
4EsE18e s7!es sre ne.!lI thousand M ntI Mesk. q
sales are Tery large, and amount to twenty OF
thirty thon mad q least per gear. There are
often IN busy Seasons as macy As two hundred
sold per daE.. oae. pastiaAsol ol=aha town IL dsro-
TED atmost excius1veiy to uegru jGis and auc-
ns r'oa hoassn Pissiag aiss oo4 eft&s pE1si;
two story houses, surrounded bJ high walls,
you observe that the yer1ndas aud walls. Rre
well white waahed, and thaa there is m sir Of
extreme c'ean!nesa about them = hut they are
negro pens. Here it II. 1 natter of policy to
treat the negroes vel, to gize than plenty 70
cheerful They sell better WHEN in tine condi-
hou. Fromt be atreat Of which L speak, that
commands Tiax OF The negro pens,' You can
SEQ the hiEh walled yards and the uhtta washed
porehts. sVasming with little nisgera, capering
about like monkeys, xhile the negro man and
Women arc--soae lnlling ut ease, lixtlkssiy, and
others pacing up and DOM Ike wild bessss in
cages. :, =, e. -
:, The sa1esrooms are located near each other On
Frsuktin street, .wiihin half a square of the
principal hotel They are, howeys.. in a por-
non Of the town unfrequented by=anY. pefsous
except tho negro and 6osse-tradsrs-and are IN
the immediate vicinity OF the N4err and sxle
h tfxt4,Yn $ha-
mon husincss vera DONE. Passing down The
street you See about half .3dczen red aazs
hanging out think thera are eight negrp aus.
ton rooms in ai8ht at once" Upon tho dses ire
pinned notices .of the. sales that azu TO take
place-tha h9ur ten IN the morning Is The hour
when tho principal sales ..take place)-and.
the ssp aa%sss; s,s. q negfo:s to be sold: There
" negroes men, women, and chiidrrn-
to be sold this morning. The rooma are large
and airy. The foofs are apE1nk1ed with clean
white sand from the SEA hide There ara plenty
of benches and arm chairs for the accommoda-
tlon Of customers. There is table in the CEN.
ter OF the room which the negroes mount when
they are to be sold. Looking into one ofthe4e
rooms you will uaua]ly See before the sale hour,
party ofncgroes quietly seaskd ON bench.
The moment Jou eatsr, 4 row Of gIisseriae syss
ate fastened with singular lntenaityA upon yo<u
lace The negroes are studyihg you to Sec
how they would Ike TO have you for muster,
and il they think they. would like ynu, they tsJ,
poor creature4, to look a. pleasing "a they csn
And requires some nerve in one not bred
among slaves to regard so suggestive specta-
Gle without emotion. visited one Of these pla-
ces this morning while sale Of lot OF negroes
from Delewa1e .xas progrssainB. The room
"as on the corner Of street, On . side hill The
basement @ M Vas occupied BY coffee. house called
''The Washington House, The sale room Was
verJ large-ssy forty feet By twenty-five, with
elde apartments for the alaves, and = back office
foF the recording clerk. The bidding wasliye-
ly-nearly hundred men wtre present. i
considerable number Of regular sfaye-traders
ouJlpg for the New Orleans and other markets
and Southern planters competing for the choice
artlc'es. very likely young negress, black
as coal. was on the stand with The auctioneer,
WHO was young man, we'll dressed, aud with
- pleasant face as you wiah to see, swinging
newspaper, by way Of "a hammer in his hand
the gill was neatly dressed. She had On a bril-.
liant calice, with shining patent leather belt,
snd her shoes were new and stocking. white.
She did not sppear to be displeased with her
eonspicuity, but was in decidedly gay humor.
aud her bearing was as jaunty as that Of u heifer
in u woods pas.ure- She Tas directed to get
down and walk across tho floor rapidly, to show
the gentleman that she was. ~ the auctionser
said. built from the ground uap;". She walked
in wsy that shsinetaded should be fascinating
III.
The aucsioneer stated that she was" IL eood
one" or he did not know them when be saw
them; and he Thought he ought to know 'emb by
that time. An old fellow from Alabama direct
ed her to come to him and open her mouth, and
stick out her tongue. She obeyed: and her
teeth we're pure ~ diamonds; her tongue and
gums red Is cats; and her mouth passed il.
apection With fayo1. The old planter e1amin-
ed her arms to see how she was nuscled: and
ste displayed her Lex nearly to the knee, that
be might De satisfied 1t was all right. when
ahe turned about he pressed bis thumbs he.vily
upon her ahoulder-blades; and rs this did not
trouble her with coughing or wheeling, the evi ::
dence OF he soundnesa was Considered conclu-
sire. The auctioneer expatihted upon her nus
ny e1cel!enciez precisely Al il aho we're f1rst.
class ely, and assured all present that upon
his honor, fine girl az she was, she was not
thirteen years old There were, he said "a few
whip marks upon her," but they did not hurt
wasa good biddable Eiri. Hewas rather dispos-
posed, think, to reflect upon her master Tor
having bestowed the whip marks. As she did
not iook vicious, she sold well When l erter-
ed, the auctioReeF, was crying "uniy nine hun
dred and twenty dva." She brought, with hard
work on the part Of tho auet'oneer, eleven hun
s6s1 1sssd sd o 10 tbs clerk, Tho vas to laid f's bsf
| orer to her new master. with u. mir Of compla.
ceney and something Of a misehievous grinace.
a. .easrn..s1 ..hsa,.h. ~ 80 nu.a1Io s.r', WIG
"aod Tha anc,;onaar es;d ~ - S"bau' hu' ana utie
ter d;amal anneorancs ,hst ..eh uta "a ~ e1cuse
.n III .h.. ~ h SIG utu oesu cry
~ ~. ~ that @ 10 utoriIt ;a.rs:s ~ sutooea rs 80
~. ts.:r., ,,artha ..nao - sa.os, l9at soe
80 nh;i,,n H. nisS ststa5 ~ VIII ue! m
~ .;rtaar xssrs -" 10 'nat sns nas no'
an,sa~anca and ro,ter ,,ra+.t U IT, .h1ens
,tratt ~ a~tr..,o d.r.ea.tas nss oeatlnE WIS
- .ha ,sv;,v .nd sa;ason. uSas was notnlng
;uanr,ancs =. ,hs* ~ ~ hnnraa hss omen'ary
~ ths stand Wha,, III - ~, " ~
she noored ahent .1o~1v ~ ~ "" ~ Aau "ak,
manner vt mt w;,hnnt acna,h;ne ~ .,;s
uraca thct wa n,as.;no ~. .sa,,,S o y. nats ~
n,a,,,}, ~ f;ttis txhan 1e;;7 W =, a ~. .open nei
no h.d - mi m har 1;n. 80. Aas wy
Wbe On The stspd towar]. n. 'nt. n1a.a nnEeia rs
h;dd;ng sba was .trrrai;n. ~ % o,vss u Luz
ard ths tasrs 80 J-aan,nsts - ~ s@pp.ssS sops'
sha @ .oId far e. Oh opp11s ao"o aes eaeeks'
W. Sans ~ !. h,,.
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ntaa,h and ,yres, .1;;,J.;nn ~ raii, nn oe14lul a
the itte feiow Stood m on tha sn:tan ySs hdn
r-,'s,,a o,tardant .-asud ~ ~ k aaeeon oock
atoct;nns sns, ro1ad ~ tse ~ u.s. anoes ana
ansas 80 49, .rct;ouaar ' sa;J 81 up aoose Ais
hssl,hv f,r., rata l;ttie fs1ic1 -. shas soaao
str;nnsr'' ithat ia h.5 no s'ss- 10 .t;a uausna'
| fna : dareionc,ent NJ ,n,se1asS - s'a aoo as
Thera vae nj - scar Nv h.a; - @ ns esee aaN.
niox oenti.men VIII ma ~ txo hn+.. ~ ena na
aid fnr a ronni tbonsand do,s.r.. o's - lie ne