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1 Geo. W. Weston, Who Are and Who May Be Slaves in the U. States 1 (1856)

handle is hein.slavery/wawmbslv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WHO ARE AND V711 MAY BE SLAVES IN THE U. STATES. FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. By G010. It. WrE1TON. It balped once to 11tv wi&*r, in a rnilr~:td car, for tile hwk of other readime. io he (Iriv,.I to the study of the advertisements in the -i' .k-- Iv Richmond (Va.) Enquirera. of February 21. 15.. tht: adetsci of rtmAwiv slaves wYere foitnd to bea numerous, and tbey de-,errv attention, as showrin~t of' what race the slaves at the South are made u p. 0A. R. (IiI,',u~ns ad'vrist:3 Lucretia, as of a Hen rr Bowers advertises -31;ry Ann, as of Jon, ': chtlter advertise two runn.nvs', Bob and Joe.' Of' Bo1, it is s:i id that be -a .s a 'hlrk ora,,~~~~;O #,,,jlq6h' o it is Sa'id. ll~t 'he is ab.out the som'e mlor, perh~aps. a liffo h/. r. Ha:.~I& C.). advrrtie~~ti'a do.'cril-ing him as~ Irtying a ~ c'c,,b; ryd id,-~A. WVm. rit v adverzims - W~iIhaiju, tl stcri4.d as a ''di~r. /hr'nudo. T. H. .iiiOtb, jailor of (IarI.I-c ri1,i:3tY, adrer- tis the committed rtma~~:1v A ''d'~;Ailig tbukt E. 11. Siokuliv dvrti z., two r',iinwoIv., Lemu- el Johnson and *$tn. lkintiuI Johinson is de- licribtA' its a [(,!I blo~c.;clvic. The color of Sam is not fIC. J. I '~ItLus i)avis a-Ircrtief's 11 (.to-:e, colot, A runavva iv from the II *iId plantalhiti, ': hInjor, is dvicri bed 8of ;*yeo/(r-cd.1. color. E. F.,,ihtuite a~vrcrtisw Reuben -as ofC black John J. Wartli advertises three runaways, ex- hibiuiw,, it rt: tilar crad&tioii of' colors, as~ 170fjuuWB: 1. lIv D~rtw,'a a ,,.i alto. 2. Ai N.I. rea t Macu k Pngro. A rtiaav, -Phil. is advertised ais belonging to the eitaiv of Win. (uicli. 11111 is spoken or as tjf~fows:- 11''?., .d iump*ro is nearI, while, With c'yes blife, 1-i Wtife car/ut q,j illi alo 5 foul 10 inr-hrs i ih, )7'td ,flore 1111116 .u veate o/Id. It is tIc~I.-co h*e will cn- deac,,or to mnake his way to 'a free Sidte, as he, coni w.pier. ,,a.ifiur a tvAite Platt. Tlwv tire all the runaviatrs advertised in that paper. The , v are sixteen ini numlwr, and in all tile v'i?1q v% lii a sin-It ec.'lption, the color is g~iv- en. This is common in all :-k(uthcru adv~rd,- meats or that cbil racdvr. It diles not soin to bL aisumed that a. iilve is black. buit if stuch is ibe iict, it is so stated. In the ad' *ikineals (jw-i above, the black color is rather the i.m-tI.Iioa than the rule. Of tbe siximn riwa'w.ay,, - -;I' Ior ;is the test of rare. not exceeding four vanhar been of pure AfriLtIaI stock. ati- one appeoiis no-, to have been distinguishable from iie puic Ciiax- Bianl. The writer has I-ei~re him 0... Pa-i Baluimore Sun, of July 31, 1856, which has six ,Iri- mewis of ibis description. T. 13. Roberi~on adyerlizvs six r~funai givinag descriptions or IteigAit, &c., aud addiv,-, all tsr- dijflr.'i shades/C .y W.arA. %%')i. (oulijourn advertises JaILIQ iUc.try,' as or ,Iurk 1rIICAaal roclor. Susan Goor advertises Robert, a cil'). cd 4t/i. Win. B. Hill advertises OCharles Sp.,. il- scribed its lI'A. Lawrenice Posey' Adverti~es ''Madisozz as of P. R. Edelen advertit-s Joe, ,is -a Jedt 7,pil- These $oiitliern advertisements, or which the writer bas niany belir.* in . a're Yerv aictite in their distinctions of col-c. - ',lcw biad not aPil /.rcr,1coo;*' about the color c,!' ay, r tbeI.; ze)~ are Fnfinples. Itis not true, In Iniw, or in fact. that the con-lition of slaverY at the ,-utb, is confine~d to tile _1i hi'-i race. Thuv principle of Aiii(riv.:z1 slaver whieh distinguishes it from the s~i,%vr ofu patriarebial Itimes, and from oriental Shi~ely a~t This datY, IS. that where the mother is ceoslavcd, the c4iprii::- follow tlhe conditivu of the mother. Tbj., Lei.j. slaves, expuol of necessit 'y, to the unbridled I t~iz of the uwhites, are maide the* instrumnents luIn ~ whom the (%t Lciiia nice is i u.i r red uce-I ;.t condition of servitude. The latra (.1 all /h. Southern States, says the Richmond Enquirv. Reproduced with permission from the University of Ilinois at Chicago

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