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This slave auction advertised slaves for sale or temporary hire by their owners. Buyers often paid $2000 for a skilled, healthy slave. These auctions often separated family members, many of whom never saw each other again.
Hulton Deutsch
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United States (History); Slavery; Slavery in the United States
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