Slave Auction
1 2017-09-30T11:48:13-07:00 Diana Hope Polley 68715c32e4214b0c1f82d41fd3d4655bf471df1c 5494 1 Slave Auction plain 2017-09-30T11:48:13-07:00 Diana Hope Polley 68715c32e4214b0c1f82d41fd3d4655bf471df1cThis page is referenced by:
- 1 2017-09-30T11:45:45-07:00 Slavery in Charles-Town 7 IX: they are branded like cattle plain 2017-10-02T09:40:24-07:00 South Carolina, in particular Charleston, played a critical role in the slave trade. For a general overview of Charleston, SC and slavery, see this website on Charleston's African-American Heritage. This Encyclopedia.com entry specifically the cruel practice of branding slaves, and this website on the Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas offers various images of slave sales and auctions, such as the one presented here.
- 1 2017-10-02T09:49:23-07:00 Parenthood and Slavery 3 IX: If Negroes are permitted to become fathers plain 2017-10-02T09:50:37-07:00 This website on the Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas offers various images of slave sales and auctions. The image here, which shows mothers being torn away from their children, highlights the tragedy of parenthood and slavery in colonial America.
