greeably to an act of the General Assembly, passed
January 11, 1845, I will, on the first Monday of May, 1846,
before the Court House door, in the city of Louisville, sell to
the highest bidder, on a credit of six months, the purchaser
giving bond with good security, having the force and effect of a
replevin bond, JOHN, a runaway slave, 18 or 19 years of age, 5
feet 3 or 4 inches high, a rather heavy built, supposed to be the
property of Daniel McCaleb or Calip, residing on the coast some
twenty miles below New Orleans.

F. S. J. RONALD _Deputy Sheriff_
for JAMES HARRISON _Sheriff Jefferson Co_.[254]
Feb. 25, 1846.

Under the three causes of sale thus far cited the blame would not be
placed upon the master. In the case of the unruly Negro the owner was
according to the ethics of that day not at fault. In the settlement of
an estate the slaveholder was no longer a factor, for his demise alone
had brought the sale. In the case of the runaway the owner was
unknown. Mrs. Stowe probably showed the attitude of the average
Kentucky master when she pictured Uncle Tom as being sold for the
southern market only because of the economic necessities of the owner.
When in such a position the master felt called upon to explain the
necessities of the case. He was very careful not to be cast under the
suspicion of public opinion as a "slave trader," which, as Shaler has
said, was the "last word of opprobrium." Witness a few instances in
evidence:

NEGROES FOR SALE

A yellow negro woman of fine constitution, and two children, from
the country, and sold for no fault but to raise money. Will not
be sold to go down the river. Her husband, a fine man, can be had
also. Apply at the store of

JARVIS AND TRABUE--3rd & Main[255]

The editor of the _Lexington Reporter_ was very careful not to get
under the ban of his constituents when he was forced to sell a farm
hand and his wife.

FOR SALE

A negro man, a first rate farm hand, about 27 years of age; and a
very likely woman, the wife of the man, about 22 years of age, a
good house servant. They will not be sold separately, or to any
person wishing to take them out of the State. Enquire at this
office.[256]

In 1834 Thomas J. Allen, a citizen of Louisville, desired to exchange
his property in the city for 40 or 50