Very depressing for the slaves.
Grab and go auctions and sold to the highest bidder auctions...
Slave auctions were held during the transatlantic slave trade, which took place primarily between the 16th and 19th centuries. These auctions were typically held in ports and trading posts in Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
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The slave owners bought their slaves at auctions.
Same way as any property . There were also slave auctions.
At slave-auctions, which were widely advertised
A lot of people in one place?
Slave auctions were typically held in public spaces such as marketplaces, courthouses, or specially designated auction blocks in cities and towns across the United States during the antebellum period. Large plantations or farms may have also held auctions on-site to sell enslaved individuals.
Usually buying at slave auctions. Or breeding their own.
The purchased them at slave auctions. Owners that had more slaves than they needed, and those bringing them from Africa would sell them at slave markets.
At a slave auction... White men would take black slaves and put them on a platform. Then, they would start the auction. This was just like a regular auction. The person who offered the most for the slave would get the slave. At these auctions, the slaves were often treated very poorly.
The slave owner. He bought them in slave markets or from another owner. Many cities like Charleston had huge slave markets where auctions were held every day.