The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
AN OLD SLAVE SELLER.

land OF (hc) Washington. Of thee thic) sing"
HAMILTON JAY.
AN OLD SLAVE SELLER.
Strange Story ~ the Last Of the Negro Aac.
tisaeers-slaves lest ssa Wss Gambling.
From Me Boston Herald.
"Yes. sir, go far as I know. and think
know all about 1t. I'm the last, living repre-
sentative Of the profession-ths last man alive
selling nigEers from the auction block. I'm q
fss: 4: s.f:s az S:nss' s:asS
70 open up his budget 81 Ispinlssenees;, .o.i
sea 9ds #
towns OF the South. / don't blow my own trum:
hS sng ass
bell had tho reputation for shoying UP the
good points ,s Of eues or s Tench and draw.
.ss rhs n,sxer t S Sra heye made mo travel
paid me my own price for my work. "A ''
How many hnys I sold I? was In the bust;
a fss s9 handled SO or so Ses year.
call sS u N.Y. he ssStnSsS: siiss Ss S%a s,sss
biggest money l ever got for q niger was
aSout So T shs sss sG
and was about US white as you or me-. and her
aa%n had bsas s lssn II. ar Pssss
down in his luck that he had to sell her I
must leave the plant alton or she would 10
home to her family. Ny instructions were not
Ss ,0p al
| when they put her on the block talked her up
~ she w"r worth twon,v ma, bidding
| for her, and the fellow that got her for $1,000
was rich and gay young bachelor from Ten
sale. He was a. title drinky and wasn't caring
ing the iii. Seevs h. would have given s2o.-
for her had Sa hss up af
so%.hsTa armS and WAS killed At Is The head u
H One 81 this woman's children by her fra.
master lives In q Massachusetts, town now. and
Is rich /, man. There Isn't a sign Of black
Have YOU sold many Of such peoplel" -
nss 81 whs from from sHS5
iS, h.t Kind s1Ga %ss
tas SH
siana. Southern gentlemen took nm interest
those girls marry a black mHn;, They were SUI
peE%$5 RsSop %s,s sq aBR bsst psSTee
New Orleans. Louisville. Charleston, and
Baltimore used to DO about the same till the
cussed black ;Abolitionists got to running the
% business in Baltimore or Louisville for fear
ISnkss ns would 9 s S them them across tho PENN
Il brought six blacks to Baltimore once on
anS IN ths a. ahs
| for SALE. Two got loose that very night. and
could have donei 1t without somebody helpel
them, for they had come clear from North
/ was Clear 5000 out OF pocket. There was
nest OF Internal Qnakers up IT a place called
s s
Newport KY. and got to Cincinnati. I went
Kent . place where had played, in 9 good
many thousands Of nv hard earned dollars;
him ana says SnHfss 70 sst es os
you'll let that moke 60. 1t mightn't DO healthy
TOR you 70 raise row here over over one Zen nigssr
This was In '5S. and after that I didn't do
the No1tS The last sales we're yer" made in Bsti.
more and Louisville u 1851. but for 1--we Or 81
Maybe It amt any use telling people 50. but
Yankees who had settled IN the south o. had
them that wouldn't break up family when he
wanted to sell. had to deliver two field hands y2
ledgevills. I was marching them along the
doing they started to run. but. I drew on
bullet "a his back Hs wasn't vas badly hurt ,s. but
Il the man who had bought him didnt Offer e
saved his lis Niger 'i for him. That man was
Yankee sauatteE,, and thers was plenty moro
~ suppose there arc not many signs left Of
'"s Mcrs than soaa think unle.. you knew
hotel that was built before tie war and ask
them to let you 90 down into the cellars. See
The baltimore Custom House was once hotel
IN ssS
still standing. on Pratt street, although 1t has
turned Int Hss
aen Whsn 1o dld s s last SIS sell pssros
6esns III TIE n. South
In May. 1861. ! was getting out Of the South.
Xieow who WAS taking some niggers to splan.
little game draw ana put two q EN-
and. a. he didn't want them he offered them
'0' FRET: much everybody on board knew me.
s Ss Wien S
brought business down that. low Thought 1t
time for drop gu, e It. and did,
ass ssE Ssf I'D jack
i hundred 't tunes bsiors the var and hsId
In
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