Arrival and Auction of the Slaves by Angelo Delogu https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3 Group #3 en-us 2019-01-22 14:57:51 UTC 2025-12-09 13:36:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Source #1 Images of Slave Auctions rmecangelodelogu https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323015931 Back then slaves could be bought for just one buck which is about 27 dollars today. The price for children could go up to 17 bucks and 3 bucks for strong young men.

During the slave auctions the buyers inspected and touched the slaves to check their physical condition and other things they were looking for in their ideal slave.
Slaves were lined up on podiums at clear sight of the buyers dressed in new clothes and forced to put on  a smile so they would be bought.

The slave sellers made propagandized posters to appeal to the buyers so that they would come buy the slaves. 
The posters had in clear print the location of the auction and the prices of the slaves and what is available. They also put detailed information to reassure the buyer of their purchase.
]]> 2019-01-22 15:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323015931 Source #3: Excerpts ofSlaves Sold at Auctions by Ishmael Torres rmecangelodelogu https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323028466 During the slave auctions, there were many slave owners who had exceptions and a strict code in buying slaves.

n the quote of source #3, it is in the perspective of an female slave who was being sold at an auction and was trying to be sold to her fathers “master”. However was sold to another slave owner because she showed sass and the slave owner did not appreciate that.

This has shown us that although majority of the plantation owners would buy the slave, even if the slave showed stubbornness, many other slave owners have their own personal  preferences and judgements in buying a slave.

In the end of the quote the daughter was sold to another slave owner and her father became broken from within since his only family had just become separated and has become lonely.




]]> 2019-01-22 15:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323028466 Source #4: Excerpt, “The Slave Auction”by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper by Leordany villaman rmecangelodelogu https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323029571 The sale began—young girls were

there,

Defenseless in their wretchedness,

Whose stifled sobs of deep despair

Revealed their anguish and distress.

And mothers stood, with streaming

eyes,

And saw their dearest children sold;

Unheeded rose their bitter cries,

While tyrants bartered them for

gold.

And woman, with her love and truth—

For these in sable forms may dwell—

Gazed on the husband of her youth,

With anguish none may paint or tell.

And men, whose sole crime was their hue,

The impress of their Maker’s hand,

And frail and shrinking children too,

Were gathered in that mournful band.

Ye who have laid your loved to rest,

And wept above their lifeless clay,

Know not the anguish of that breast,

Whose loved are rudely torn away.



]]> 2019-01-22 15:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323029571 Source #2: Slave Auction Documentary by Cristian Galvis rmecangelodelogu https://padlet.com/rmecangelodelogu/fnc30047ukd3/wish/323031197 The year is 1841 New Orland’s 
Auction day half of all African Americans are sold here 
It’s a business of 2 billion dollars in today’s currency 
Price range from (Men=$1,000), (Women =$800), and (Children =$500) 
The most expensive are young light skin virgin teens as rape was very common.

The examination process: 
Slaves were asked to: 
  • Raise their hands up 
  • Open their mouths 
  • Show their teeth 
  • Feel their hands 
  • Feel their arms 
  • Exam their backs as markings on the back of  slaves meant they were rebellious and disobedient 
At the time of 1841 90% of African Americans were Slaves 


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