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SLAVES IN VIRGINIA.––The present price of negroes is altogether too high to justify the application of such costly labor to the exhausted lands of Virginia. Accordingly, the papers informs us of a negro stampede from all parts the state––the negro trade being exceedingly brisk, and many masters moving off with their force to escape Virginia executions, and all in hopes to apply their black labor more profitably to a less exhausted soil.
Citation
"Slaves in Virginia," Warren (OH) Western Reserve Chronicle, April 15, 1857, p. 2
Location of Stampede
Virginia
Coverage Type
Via Wire Report
Location of Coverage- City
Warren
Location of Coverage- State
Ohio
Contains Stampede Term
Yes