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KEY TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
of families as much as possible Ḍoubtless
he
ardently wishes that
all his blacksmiths
that Mr. McLean is advertising for her șhe
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and carpenters would be considerate,
and never have any
children under ten years
is hushing the little thing in her bosom,and
of age ; but, ifthe thoughtless dogs have got thinking, many another mother has done,
them,what 's a humane man to do 1 He has that it is about the brighest, prettiest little
to fillout Mr. This,That, and the Other's baby that ever was born ; for,singularly
order, that's a clear case;
and therefore enough,even black mothers do fallinto this
John and Sam must take their last look delusionsometimes. No matter for allthis,
at their babies,as Uncle Tom did of his is wanted for a wet nurse ! Aunt
when he stood by the rough trundle-bed Prue can take her baby,and raise it on
WANTED.
I want to purchaseimmediately 25 likely
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NEGROES, and between the
female,"
ages of 15 and 25 years; for which I will pay
the highestpricein cash.
Brown
A. A. McLean, General Agent, fathersand mothers feel when
nov 9
they were
CherryStreet.
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selected ' ' ? Emmeline was taken out of
Mr. McLean, it seems, onlywants those
one family,
between the ages of fifteenand twenty-five.
and Georgeout of another. The
judicious
This advertisement is twice repeated in the
trader has travelled through wide
in his track
same paper, from which fact we may conjecture
that the gentleman is very much in
earnest in his wants, and entertains rather
states another want.
WANTED.
I want to purchase,immediately, a Negroman,
Carpenter, and will give a goodprice.
sept 29 A. A. McLean, GerCl Agent.
confident expectations that somebodywill
be willing to sell. Furtherțhe same
gen-
scenes he has occasioned :
tleman
Orleans market,or up the Red The uncertainty of the master in this
River,or
off to some far bayou of the case is
Mississippi, edifying Ḥe knows that negroes
cannot be
never to look upon wife or child again.But, expected to have the feelings of
again, Mr. McLean in the same paper tells cultivatedpeople; yet, here is a case
Avherethe
us of another creature
want really acts unaccountably,
:
and he can't think of any
cause except that
WANTED
IMMEDIATELY.
A "Wet Nurse. Any pricewill be givenfor one
of goodcharacter,constitution,"c. Apply to
A. A. McLean, Gen I Agent.
And what is to be done with the baby of
this wet nurse ? Perhaps,at the moment
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Mr. McLean does not advertise for his
wife and children, or where this same carpenter
is to be sent, whether to the New
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and dropped into it great, useless tears. corn-cake, and what not. Off with her to
Nay, my friends, don't curse poor Mr. Mr. McLean !
Seth Woodroof,because he does the horrible, See,alsoțhe following advertisementof
loathsome work of tearingup the livingthe good State of Alabama,which shows
human heartțo make twine and shoe-strings how the trade is thriving there. Mr. S. N.
for you
! It 'sdisagreeable business enough, Brown, in the Advertiser and Gazette,
he willtell you, sometimes ; and,if you must Montgomery,Alabama,holds forth as follows
have him to do it for you,
treat him civilly, :
and don't pretend that you are any better
NEGROES FOR SALE.
S. N. Brown takes this method of
than he.
informing his
But the goodtrade is not confined to the
patrons, and others waiting to purchaseSlaves,
that he has now on hand, of his own selection
Old Dominion,by any means. See the following
and purchasing, likelyoung Negroes,
extract from a Tennessee paper, the consisting of Men, Boys,and Women, Field Hands,
and
Nashville Gazette,Nov. 23,1852,where superior House Servants, which he offers
and will sell as low as the times will warrant.
Mr. A. A. McLean, generalagent in this
Office on Market-street,above the Montgomery
kind of businessțhus makes known his Hall,at Lindsay's Stand,where he intends to
wants and intentions :
keep slaves for sale on his own account, and not
on commission, therefore thinks he can give
patronize Montgomery,Ala.,Sept.13,1852. twtf (j)
satisfaction to those who
Where were these boys and girls of Mr.
selected, let us ask. How did their
regions of country, leaving
wailing and anguish. A little incident,
which has recently been the rounds of the
papers, may perhapsillustratesome of the
INCIDENT OF SLAVERY.
A negro
woman belonging to Geo. M. Garrison,
of Polk Co.,killed four of her children,by cutting
their throats while they were asleep, on Thursday
night țhe 2d inst.,and then put an end to her
own existenceby cuttingher throat. Her master
knows of no cause for the horrid act,unless it be
that she heard him speak of sellingher and two
of her children,and keepingthe others.
he was goingto sellher from her children.
But, compose yourself, dear reader ; there
was no great harm done. These were all