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Slave Labor in Kansas - - That Kansas is adapted to Slave labor, no one will deny, who has any knowledge of the country. There are many slaves now in the Territory, and those who are hired out are commanding large wages.
A good female slave, capable of doing housework and cooking, will readily bring $150 dollars a year. Laboring hands are in demand at from $30 to $50 dollars per month. Smaller servants, capable of nursing or doing other light work, can be readily hired out at fair prices.
The demand for Slave labor at this time is greater than the supply, and presents a good opening for the Slaveholders of the South, who are willing to remove to a country where their property will greatly increase in value, and their servants pay them a large interest on the amount of money invested.
To the Southern Farmers, Kansas presents a fine field for profitable employment. Our soil is adapted to the growth of hemp, tobacco, wheat, corn, and other staple products, and will produce equal to the best lands in Kentucky or Missouri. Land, in any quantity, can be purchased at the Government price, ($.25 per acre) and a ready market is near at hand for anything that can possibly be produced on a farm.
We invite our Southern friends to flock into this Territory, and take up our rich lands at the exclusion of the criminals and paupers of the Eastern cities. We hope by next spring to welcome a large number of Southern planters to the Pro-slavery Territory of Kansas. - Squatter Sovereign.Date(s) of Creation
11/17/1855
