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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Weekly Advocate (1837) | | Date Published: | 1837-01-14 | | Notes: | The writer expressed his outrage at learning of the sale of slaves in Washington, D.C., the supposedly free and hallowed soil of U.S. government. He warned that free people of color were not safe as long as this practice was tolerated. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Watkins, William J. | | Newspaper: | Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??) | | Date Published: | 1853-12-16 | | Notes: | The writer comments on the Alabama governor's statement regarding separating slave families during the sale of slaves. |
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| Speaker or Author: | editor | | Newspaper: | Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859) | | Date Published: | 1857-05-16 | | Notes: | The writer discusses the effects of slavery on society that reach from the acceptance of the misery on the auction block, to the advertisements that continue to appear in big city American newspapers. |
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| Speaker or Author: | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 | | Newspaper: | Liberator | | Title: | Speech of William Wells Brown | | Date Published: | 1859-07-08 | | Notes: | After reading aloud an advertisement for the sale of a slave mother and her children to be held on the 4th of July, the speaker emphasized the irony in the popularity of this date for such sales. He noted that slaveholders often chose holidays for such sales since they would be assured more buyers. The July 4th holiday was a particular favorite for sales like this. (Includes MP3 audio file.) |
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| Speaker or Author: | Gross, Theodore, Rev. | | Newspaper: | Watchman and Weslayan Advertiser | | Title: | Redemption of American Slaves | | Date Published: | 1860-10-03 | | Notes: | Detailed account of one man's experience with slavery. |
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