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Slave ads & notices in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper... The Fugitive Slave Bill...

Item # 701041

September 05, 1850

THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Sept. 5, 1850 Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the many page 3 ads is one headed: "Slaves! Slaves!! Slaves!!!" which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on consignment, for sale in this market, any number of slaves, having one of the best showrooms in the city, & large & comfortable quarters where every attention will be paid to their comfort. Merchants, planters, and families having slaves to dispose of will find it to their interest to place them in our charge..." with a bit more.
The front page has an illustrated: "$20 Reward" ad and page 3 has an ad for: "Negro Clothing".
Additionally, page 2 has: "The Fugitive Slave Bill" noting in part: "The fugitive slave bill, passed by the Senate... to secure to the South what it has not for years enjoyed, the means of enforcing its constitutional righter of reclaiming fugitive slaves..." with more.
Four pages, archivally rejoined at the spine, nice condition.