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Slave Market Auction, 1861

Slave auction in Virginia, 1861. Besides the obvious cruelty of slavery there was the added burden of being separated from family making it nearly impossible to build cohesive family units. A slave market is a place where slaves are bought and sold. These markets became a key phenomenon in the history of slavery, particularly in the Arab slave trade and the interregional slave trade of the United States. The Atlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. In the US, the domestic slave trade had become a major economic activity by 1815, and lasted until the 1860s. Between 1830 and 1840 nearly 250,000 slaves were taken across state lines. In the 1850s more than 193,000 were transported, and historians estimate nearly one million in total took part in the forced migration of this new Middle Passage. By 1860 the slave population in the United States had reached 4 million.
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Slave Market Auction, 1861
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Slave auction in Virginia, 1861. Besides the obvious cruelty of slavery there was the added burden of being separated from family making it nearly impossible to build cohesive family units. A slave market is a place where slaves are bought and sold. These markets became a key phenomenon in the history of slavery, particularly in the Arab slave trade and the interregional slave trade of the United States. The Atlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. In the US, the domestic slave trade had become a major economic activity by 1815, and lasted until the 1860s. Between 1830 and 1840 nearly 250,000 slaves were taken across state lines. In the 1850s more than 193,000 were transported, and historians estimate nearly one million in total took part in the forced migration of this new Middle Passage. By 1860 the slave population in the United States had reached 4 million.
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