In May 1826 a woman was put up for
auction at Brighton market, with a halter around her neck. She was
brought by a man for a sovereign and four half crowns. Her husband
kept her elder child, but threw in a younger child as a make-weight.
The sale was duly entered in the
Brighton market register, and the purchaser paid a shilling to the
auctioneer for his trouble, and another shilling for the halter.
The Brighton Herald reported that the woman seemed perfectly happy
to be sold and went off with her new master with the child in her
arm.
Source: The Brighton Herald May
1826.
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