SLAVE AUCTIONS

WHAT WERE THEY? WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE?

• African Americans ("South Carolina's First Slaves")
• Lived along Rivers/ mountains ("South Carolina's First Slaves")
• Slaves would steal ("South Carolina's First Slaves")
• Slaves were offenses against society("South Carolina's First Slaves")

POPULAR CITIES THAT HELD SLAVERY CITIES

• Savannah, Georgia ("The Largest Slave Auction")
• 436 people-men, women, children, and infants ("The Largest Slave Auction")
• Augusta Ave. & Dun St. ("Savannah City")
• March 3rd, 1859 ("The Largest Slave Auction")
• Ten Broeck Race Course ("Unearthing the Weeping Time")

WHO USUALLY RAN A SLAVE AUCTION?

• Enemy tribes ("South Carolina's First Slaves")
• Pierce Butler ("Savannah City")
• Sold the 436 people in Savannah ("Savannah City")
• "The weeping time" ("Unearthing the Weeping Time")

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WERE BUYERS AT A SLAVE AUCTION?

• Planters ("Arrival in the Americas")
• Specialized wholesalers ("Arrival in the Americas")

How was a slave auction run?

• Auctioneer started off with a bid ("Slave auction")
• Person who bid the most money("Slave Auction")
• Adv. when a ship was going to arrive ("Slave auction")
• Slaves that were sick were to die("Slave auction")
• Young/fit-higher, old/too young/sick-lower("Slave auction")

Why is this important to our study of slavery and oppression?

• So we know how bad slaves had it
• What African American's ancestors had to go through