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Price Of Negroes

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
August
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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In almost every one of the recruiting and substituto broker's offices, suoh con vessaiitw as the fol'owing s ot' daily occurrcnco: Geut - What ia tbo priee of a likelv young negro, to day? From 8550 lo $600, accor ding to the derannd. Gent - Could you furuish ma witb tlireo or fuur sound negroes at any less priee ? Broker - No, sir ! Tliero is a demand for all wc have in Massachusetls, wbcre we smid lbose who cairt pass examination, and wliere vo get larger p-icea. Gent - lïow soou could you öll an order for twenty or thirty negroes to fill tho quota of our towu at, sav, $550 eacb ? Broker - Wi can't tako orders ahead. The price is going up every d;iy. We expect atiother car load to morrow, or next day, atid we will B&1J at the market prico. This telk savora of tbo slave mnrt: bit it is repeated in IJuffalo every day. White uien bring, iu somo instanees, from $50 to $!00 more than negroes.- One man pai'l $1575 for a sound Canadian, yesterday. ïhe market is

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Old News
Michigan Argus