Slaves were typically sold at auction.
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In the past, slaves were typically sold through auctions, where potential buyers would bid on individuals to purchase them. Slaves were often sold by slave owners or traders looking to make a profit from their labor. The sale of slaves was a common practice in many parts of the world until it was abolished in the 19th century.
Sojourner Truth was sold as a slave at around nine years old.
A slave market or a slave auction.
The slave trade was a brutal and inhumane practice that forcibly transported millions of Africans to the Americas to be sold as laborers.
Africans captured in intertribal warfare or raids were often sold as slaves by African slave owners to European and Arab traders along the coast. These traders then transported the enslaved Africans to the Americas or the Middle East for sale.
A chattel slave is a person who is treated as property and bought and sold as if they were an object or commodity. Chattel slavery is a system where individuals are considered personal property with no rights or freedoms.