LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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taught English so they could follow orders
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given a full medical examination
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sold at scrambles or slave auctions
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reunited with family members
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scramble-Here the enslaved people were kept together in an enclosure. Buyers paid the captain a fixed sum beforehand. Once all the buyers had paid, the enclosure gate was thrown open and the buyers rushed in together and grabbed the enslaved people they wanted.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first auction was held in 1827, most likely on or near the West Portico steps of the mansion; another followed two years later at the Eagle Tavern, in downtown Charlottesville. Peter Fossett, 11, was among the people sold. His father, Joseph Fossett, had been Monticello’s blacksmith, freed by Jefferson in his will.
Detailed explanation-3: -The transatlantic slave trade had its beginning in the middle of the fifteenth century when Portuguese ships sailed down the West African coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -A slave market is a place where slaves are bought and sold. These markets became a key phenomenon in the history of slavery.