"Advertisement for a Slave Auction at St. Louis Hotel & Exchange"
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This image shows an auction ad featured in an 1843 issue of The Daily Picayune advertising for a auction of slaves at the St. Louis Hotel & Exchange by J.A. Beard & Co. J.A. Beard was a prominent slave dealer in New Orleans during the early-to-mid 19th century and posted many advertisements in the newspaper for the sale of slaves.
This file appears in: St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives
St. Louis Hotel & Exchange: Auctioning Off Lives
Numerous 19th-century travelers who frequented New Orleans for business and pleasure described the slave auction block in St. Louis Hotel. Sensationalism aside, visitors recorded their surprise at the…