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August 28, 1828 in The Litchfield County Post

Domestic News August 28, 1828

The Litchfield County Post

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Jackson Slave Trading, Documents, 10000 Transaction, African Humanity

Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut

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Documents confirm General Jackson's slave trading dealings, including a $10,000 transaction. The article stresses the humanity of enslaved Africans and condemns family separations for profit in a state tolerating slavery.

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Jackson and his Merchandise.—We have on file a number of documents relating to Jackson's trading in slaves. They consist of the statements and remarks of several respectable persons, and establish the fact conclusively—showing dealings of the General, in this kind of property the amount of $10,000, in a single transaction. These facts are deemed important, and we shall, at the first opportunity, submit the papers to our readers. For though it is our fortune to live in a state where slavery is tolerated, it is also our fortune to live among a people, by whom Africans are considered as human beings, capable of mental feelings: where they are viewed as individuals having the sympathies of husbands and of wives, of parents and children, of brethren & sisters; where they are received in churches; and where HE, who, for a paltry profit, could tear the husband from the wife, the humble brother from his church, and transport him to a distant land, there to undergo more severe sufferings—is estimated—as he ought to be.

What sub-type of article is it?

Slave Related Politics

What keywords are associated?

Jackson Slave Trading Documents 10000 Transaction African Humanity

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Jackson

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Jackson

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dealings in slaves amounting to $10,000 in a single transaction.

Event Details

Documents consisting of statements from respectable persons establish General Jackson's trading in slaves, including a $10,000 transaction. The facts are deemed important and will be submitted to readers. The article notes living in a state tolerating slavery but among people who view Africans as humans with family sympathies, received in churches, and condemns separating them for profit.