{"id":689,"date":"2006-11-14T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T23:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/689"},"modified":"2006-11-14T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T23:07:09","slug":"the-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/the-slave-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Slave Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>February 15, 1850<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a series of letters, between a free colored woman, a Mr. Harnard, Esq., of New York, and Bruin &#038; Hill, slave dealers from Alexandria.\u00a0 Mrs. Nancy Cartwright, who has purchased her own freedom, and some of her children from slavery, receives a letter from a daughter, Emily Russell, pleading for her mother to come and get her, because she fears that she &#8220;may go away&#8221; soon.\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Harnard has received a copy, and writes to Mr. Joseph Bruin, and inquires about the price by which he might sell the daughter to her mother.\u00a0 The reply, from Bruin &#038; Hill, from Alexandria, dated Jan 31, 1850, says, in part:\u00a0 &#8220;All I have to say about the matter, is that we paid very high for the negroes, and cannot afford to sell the girl Emily for less than EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.\u00a0 This may seem a high price to you, but cotton being very high, consequently slaves are high. 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