SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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reunited with family members.
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sold at scrambles or slave auctions.
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given a full medical examination.
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taught English so they could follow orders.
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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: -A slave market is a place where slaves are bought and sold. These markets became a key phenomenon in the history of slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -They washed, shaved and rubbed them with palm oil to disguise sores and wounds caused by conditions on board. The captains usually sold their captives directly to planters or specialised wholesalers by auction. Families who had managed to stay together were now often broken up.