Slavery and the ConstitutionBowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll)
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Slavery and the Constitution
Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll)
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions; Slavery -- United States
"A NEGRO-BOY FOR SALE OR HIRE.--A boy, 16 years old, well-grown and
active, is for sale, but not to a trader. He has been employed in
attending to horses, driving a carriage, working in a garden, &c.
_and will be sold only because the owner has too many servants_. He
may be had on trial.--Apply at J. B. Holmead's Auction Rooms."
The boy is not to be sold to a trader; but there can be no security that
the purchaser will not thus sell him.
The "Spirit of Liberty" contains a notice, from "Scott's Intelligence
Office," of the sale of three negro girls, aged 10, 19, and 16 years
respectively, and a boy 14 years old. The notice states, "All the above
servants are sold for no faults, and are just from the country,
consigned to me for sale by their owners, who recommend them very
highly; _they wish to reduce their stock of negroes is the cause of
their being in the market for sale_."
Perhaps some one or more of Dr. Fuller's heirs may be indebted. What, in
such case, will prevent a creditor from levying on an undivided share of
Dr. Fuller's happy slaves? Perhaps the debtor may wish to convey his
property to trustees for the benefit of his creditors. We take the
following advertisement from the "National Anti-Slavery Standard," April
15, 1847:--
"TRUSTEE'S SALE.--Plantation and negroes in Washington County,
Mississippi; and Yazoo city town lot and buildings. On Monday, the
first of February, 1847, I will proceed to sell, by virtue of a
certain deed of trust, executed 10th May, 1845, by Thomas J. Reed,
to me, as trustee, and duly recorded in the proper county, and at
the special instance and request of the creditors named in said
deed, at public sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, on the
premises, the following described lands, situated, lying, and being
in the county of Washington, and State of Mississippi, and described
as follows, to wit:--
"Section No. 3, &c. &c.
"Also _one undivided half of the following named negroes, slaves for
life_, held jointly with the heirs of Baine, viz. Sophia, aged 45;
Nancy, 35; Queen, 40; Jane, 19; Rachel, 11; Priscella; Jenny, 60;
Maria, 30; Lydia, 30; Amanda, 22; Edna, 30; Vina, 36; Betsy, 35;
Ellen, 9; Peyton, 8; Bob, 4; Louis, 15; Chub, 8; Horace, 6; Louisa,
1; Jim, jr. 4; Mary, 4-1/2; Harriet, 6; Dick, 9; George, 5; Billy,
50; John Brown, 36; Alexander, 40; Louis Johnson, 62; Hatton, 35;
Jim, sen. 42; Frank, 50; John, jr. or Little John, 16; John
Mitchell, 47; Louis Davis, 40; Warren, 40; Ben, 36; Oliver, 40;
Louis, jr. or Charles Louis, 5; Lawson, 35; Sam, 19; Harvey, 21;
Fleming, 6; Amy, 4; Bonaparte, 3; Catherine (Queen's child), 2.
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