Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
Authenticate issue of the Niles Weekly, Baltimore, September 27, 1834, 16., disbound, VG. From the interior, “FACTS ON SLAVERY,” runs full column and discusses the New England author’s observations of living on a Virginia plantation for one year. “I visited 14 to 15 counties ... to ascertain the condion of the slave population, and can say with sincerity that the slaves of that large state are not worked so hard as our own farmers and mechanics work; that in general they are well fed, well clothed, well lodged, treated better than domestics in the North as long as they behave well ... For instance, J. Randolph, of Roanoke, had about 400 slaves. Their value was $100,000 ... There are many plantations within my knowledge, where the master offered freedom to all the slaves, and they have refused to accept it. ... The fact is if they were freed tomorrow, they would be in a miserable situation..they are as helpless as children. ..”
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