DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about a slave auction that a northern man witnessed in Louisana. A father was put on the auction block and sold to one man. His wife and children were put up for auction next, but with no amount of persuassion could the father convince his owner to purchase is family. Thus they were sold to another man.
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