An Especially Awful Story In The Cenuries Filled With Them: 1852. Who was Alabamian Samuel Qualls?

 Sale of Massachusetts Free Negroes
 The four Massachusetts free Negroes convicted of an attempt to abduct a slave, were sold at Galveston, in consequence of their inablity to pay fines.
 Samuel QUALLS, of Alabama bought Anthony HAYS for $325, Levance SMITH for $370, William BROWN $505; he bought to re-sell at Mobile.
 John FOURTKEY, of Galveston, bought Jacob THOMPSON for $365 on speculation. [N.Y. Times, Wed. Feb. 9, 1852]