Slaves were usually bought and sold just like property. They would have an auction like the ones we have now and auction off the slaves to whomever could pay the most. It was like buying animals. THey would look at their muscles and talk to their "owners" to see if they were obedient and if they worked hard and if they slacked off. I also found out that if they were not likely to get sick and had a strong system they were worth more. So if like say we were slaves being sold versus a malnourished sick dude from nowhere land we would be worth more because we could work more. This is a very sick fact and makes me really ticked off but it should. THey were basically treated like animals and were not thought to be actual humman beings because of theis skin color. check out this website its pretty cool:
http://www.uni.edu/schneidj/webquests/adayinthelife/slaves.html
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That's a good website! It tells a lot about the slaves.
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