We mentioned something yesterday of the sale of negroes on
Monday, but we did not give the highest price paid which was a fellow, field
hand, $1,800. The lot of sixteen—of which
the above was one—old, young and every description, averaged something over 800
each. Yesterday another lot was sold
here, bringing large prices—the highest we learn, bringing $1,600.
On Tuesday last, the sale day in Muscogee county, we are
credibly informed by the sellers that a lot of negroes—a large one—“old an[d]
young, and every description averaged” $850 each. Now who can believe there is no money in the
country? And negroes hired at very high
rates—ordinary female servants were bid off at $120 and upwards, and others in
proportion.—Columbus Sun.
SOURCE: The Carolina
Spartan, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Thursday, January 22, 1857, p. 2
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