▁for ▁slave ▁trade . ▁Pier ce ▁Butler ▁had ▁the ▁imp ending ▁sale ▁advert ised ▁in ▁The ▁Sav ann ah ▁Republican ▁and ▁The ▁Sav ann ah ▁Daily ▁Mor ning ▁News ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Bry an , ▁a ▁ ▁slave ▁deal er ▁in ▁Sav ann ah . ▁The ▁advert is ements ▁ran ▁daily , ▁except ▁on ▁Sund ays , ▁up ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁sale . ▁The ▁text ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ad s ▁was , ▁" For ▁S ale , ▁Long ▁Cot ton ▁and ▁R ice ▁Neg ros ! ▁A ▁gang ▁of ▁ 4 4 0 , ▁Acc ustom ed ▁to ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁R ice ▁and ▁Pro vis ions , ▁among ▁them ▁are ▁a ▁no ▁of ▁good ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁house ▁servants , ▁will ▁be ▁sold ▁on ▁ 2 nd ▁and ▁ 3 rd ▁day ▁of ▁March ▁at ▁Sav ann ah ▁by ▁J ▁Bry an ." ▁It ▁was ▁advert ised ▁and ▁announced ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁that ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁no ▁division ▁of ▁families . ▁The ▁slaves ▁were ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁race ▁track ▁ 4 ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁au ction ▁started ; ▁allowing ▁buy ers ▁and ▁inspect ors ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁look ▁at ▁them . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁first ▁sale ▁day , ▁there ▁were ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 ▁buy ers ▁present . ▁F ier ce ▁ra ins ▁kept ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁potential ▁buy ers ▁away , ▁and ▁the ▁au ction ▁began ▁two ▁hours ▁late . ▁During ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁sale , ▁Joseph ▁Bry an ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁feed ing ▁the