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They would bring a higher price because the child would belong to the mother's new owner. It would be like selling two slaves.

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Where did the slave owners buy there slaves?

The slave owners bought their slaves at auctions.


How where the slave auctions?

Very depressing for the slaves.


What happened when the slaves arrived in the Americas?

They were taken to slave auctions were they would then be sold to white people usually plantation owners.


How did slave owners get new slaves?

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.


How were slaves bought and sold in the slave trade?

Same way as any property . There were also slave auctions.


How did slave traders buy slaves during the slavery and civil war?

At slave-auctions, which were widely advertised


How did the slaves get on the plantations?

Many were brought from Africa and sold at slave auctions. Others were born to slaves already on the plantations.


How did slave owners pay for their slaves Was it money or some thing else?

Usually buying at slave auctions. Or breeding their own.


How did slave owners get their slaves?

The slaves were purchased at auctions, from another slave owner, or in some cases, they were inherited. The buyers checked to make sure the slave was healthy and without any defects physical. Slave traders brought the slaves over in large boats from Africa.


What did they do with the slaves from the slave ships when they lsnded and how did they sell the slaves?

When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.


What were slaves not allowed eat?

because unhealthy food gives you spots which will make them ugly for slave auctions


Where did slave auctions take place?

Slave auctions took place at the docks. An huge slave action took place at the Race Course three miles outside Savannah, Georgia. 436 slaves were to be put up for auction including men, women, children and infants.