Southern Broad-Axe [West Point, MS], January 4, 1860
Monday last, the annual hiring day of Negroes, showed conclusively, that slave-holders and hirers have no feelings of uneasiness and insecurity about the loyalty and fidelity of slaves.
Negro women brought prices ranging from $100 to $190, and men from $235 to $275 varying according to age, &c. Who will now say there is no necessity for the introduction of more slave labor in Mississippi, at reduced prices?