We have heard the claim that some men are _born slaves_, but from the
following fact we see that the all-grasping genius of slavery is not
always contented to wait for birth. It claims a right of property in
men BEFORE _they are born_.
“Another individual had bargained for his wife and two children. Their
master agreed to take $420 for them. He succeeded at length in raising
the money, which he carried to their owner. ‘I shall charge you $30
more than when you was here before,’ said the planter, ‘for your wife
is in a family-way, and you may pay thirty dollars for that, or not
take her, just as you please.’ ‘And so,’ said he, (patting the head of
a little son three years old, who hung upon his knee,) ‘I had to pay
thirty dollars for this little fellow, six months before he was
born.’”――_Ohio Report._