This is the report of a Special Joint Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, urging that the subject of the slave trade is deserving of immediate attention of the national government.
Category: <span>Slave Trade</span>
Under of Refuge of Oppression there is a listing of 72 slaves to be sold on March 11, 1839, in New Orleans, indicating age, infirmities, children, etc. of each.
An item from New Orleans claims that a ship, named the Gibraltar, from Boston, has “lots of Negroes on board”. The item says, “Who are the owners of the vessel? …
There is a notice from New Orleans, dated May 11th, stating that public opinion in Texas is much against “the project of some unprincipled speculators, to smuggle slaves from Cuba…
January 19, 1844 A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes from Havana with a deplorable account of the slave traffic: “There is no hope, at present, that…
September 20, 1844 “An examination has been made of the cargoes of the schooners Manchester and Devereus, of and from Baltimore, which were seized last week by order of the…
July 11, 1845 IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS! ANNEXATION SETTLED “Both houses of the Texas Congress have declared unanimously for the annexation. “It is said that the prospect of the annexation of…
April 3, 1846 With a title Horrors of Slavery, here is a letter from Charles H. Bell, Commander, United States Ship,Yorktown, from Kabinda, Africa, Dec 16, 1845. The letter, addressed…
April 9, 1847 From the New York Tribune and translated from Courier des Etats Unis “Last Saturday, the Sultan attended a session of the Supreme Council of Justice at the…
May 25, 1849 Under the Refuge of Oppression, from the New Orleans Picayune, there is a listing of seven notices of Slaves/Negroes for Sale. The names of the sellers or…
February 15, 1850 Here is a series of letters, between a free colored woman, a Mr. Harnard, Esq., of New York, and Bruin & Hill, slave dealers from Alexandria. Mrs.…
June 28, 1850 From the Cleveland True Democrat, is a story of a colored woman, mother of little children, bound hand and foot, taken for shipment to “the Southern market”
July 2, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression, from the Parish of St. Charles, Louisiana, is a legal document announcing the sale of property purchased by James H. and Samuel…
April 29, 1853 The announcement begins, with this sarcasm from the editor: “We congratulate the business public of Boston on opening a new branch of trade. The attention of capitalists…
June 24, 1853 A brief item indicates that “notwithstanding all the precautionary measures of the English and American government to suppress the slave trade, about thee thousand slaves from the…
January 13, 1854 The editor introduces extracts from this “timely, able and fearless speech”, Dec. 21, 1853, in the U. S. House. “Certain Cuban slave dealers” have asked for payment…
January 5, 1855 An article from the N. Y. Evangelist tells of a ship, recently in the harbor, which was discovered to be “taking in boards and materials suited for…
July 25, 1856 An article from the New York Journal of Commerce tells of the continuing slave trade. “We are informed by the Deputy U. S. Marshalls, that they are…
May 8, 1857 From a private letter comes an account of the witnessing of a slaver “captured by the Arab off the coast of Cuba”.
August 14, 1857 From Cairo, Illinois, is an article about a band of people who have been capturing free negroes, taking them across the Mississippi River to the Missouri shore,…
January 1, 1858 Several articles tell of a continuing slave trade, focusing especially on Cuba, and also on the French trade.
August 27, 1858 “The cooley trade, as now organized and developed, is unquestionable and perpetual slavery.” The brief article then describes how the trade functions, from kidnapping to shipping, to…
February 4, 1859 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, an article from the Paris (Kentucky) Flag, begins with a listing of mules, colts, stock cattle which are for sale. The…
September 2, 1859 An article from the Richmond Enquirer lists prices brought for slaves on the Richmond market. For instance: Men, 20 to 26 years, from $1450 to $1500….girls, from…
May 11, 1860 The article includes portions of a printed copy of a Report on the Coolie Trade made to the US House of Representatives, by the Hon. Mr. Eliot…
July 20, 1860 A story from Clifton, Illinois, telling of a band of nine men from Missouri, who kidnapped three colored men living in that town. Two others got away.…
August 3, 1860 A brief article from the Traveler, tells of American vessels in the Congo river, in June. The article implicates English vessels also, in a conspiratorial effort to…
November 2, 1860 This article, from the N.Y. Journal of Commerce, appears in the Refuge of Oppression column. A few words give a sense of its point. “The native African…
January 18, 1861 “The ship Lesbia, under French colors, (supposed to be the ship Montauk of New York,) was recently taken by a Spanish steamer of war, and brought into…
October 13, 1865 From the African Repository, is a brief article by Dr. Livingston, the American explorer. He responds to a question he is often asked: “What sort of people…