Report: Reporting Slavery - The New York Tribune
Article Links"Here, gentlemen, is a young lady for you," says the black assistant, as he leads along a girl or woman. The auctioneer begins again, black assistant rolling up her sleeves; all her limbs being more or less shown by him, and examined by a gentlemen.
Description:A Brooklyn Times correspondent submits to the New York Tribune this account of a slave auction in Petersburg, Virginia.
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