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Slave sales/Refreshing periods and Sale prices

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Meet the team

Carl Poot

Eric Pech

Sara Dabbaja

Zadquiel contreras

Israel Samos

Table of Contents

What was the refreshing period?

Reaction of the captives

Sample slave auction advertisement

What happened during refreshing period?

Average prices of slaves

Types of sales-scramble and auction

What was the refreshing period?

The refreshing period was the period where the slave would go through many cosmetic proceudres before being sold to the slave masters . It would take place in an offshore island.

What happened during refreshing period?

- On arriving the Americas the crew of the ships would prepare the captives to be sold. They would try to make the captives attractive. - They were rubbed with palm oil on their muscles for a healthy and firm appearance. - They were shaved to remove grey hair because the sellers would not know that they were old. -Some were also rubbed with mixture that includes gun powder, lime juice and even iron rust to disguise all wounds and scars. -They were fed so as to improve their appearance.

Average prices of slaves

-Slaves were valued at different prices according to their tribe, age, sex and skills. - Old slaves were valued less due to them being weak and were at the deapths of collapsing - slaves that were muscler and had good health were valuable the most because they could do the greatest amount of hard labor - young adult women had been valued a good price for theit skills to work in the fields - -

types of sales-scramble and auction

Africans sold at auctions in America

• Money from sale would buy cargo of raw

materials: cotton, sugar, spices, rum,chocolate or tobacco

• In Europe, converted raw materials into

finished products.

Their were 3 ways the slaves were Sold

Scramble Auctions

Private Auctions

Public Auctions

Auctions

Scramble

Public

Private

• American born slaves who had skills were most expensive
• African born slaves were less $, as they had to be “broken in”
• Age, sex, & skills determined cost
• Slaves with many scars considered too rebellious

How auctions were carried out

First: Public Auctions: - They put tar on the slaves to hide any sores and cuts - Slaves were inspected - An auction to took place and the higher bidder would get to purchase the slave. - Bids were taken as long as an inch of a candle burned. - Slaves were branded - Families were separated - They were given a European name.

How auctions were carried out

Second:

• Private Auctions:
• Similar to public auctions
• They were indoors and red markers would be placed on the door to indicate an auction.

How auctions were carried out

Third:

• A Scramble:
• They would take place on the docks or on the deck of the ship
• There would be a fixed price per head
• Slave owners would go in and grab who they wanted to purchase.

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Reaction of the captives

-They would be brutally forced out of their homes, separtated from their family and tribes

--some would never seen a white man so they would think they were their to eat them

- Some slaves could not bear anymore and ended up committing suicide. -Many slaves were traumatized by the experience and suffered from depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues while others felt overwhelmed and helpless

slave advertisement sample

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