Auction

= __Auction__ = What would it be like to be standing in front of white skinned people looking to buy you as there property? Well this is what slaves had to go through for the majority of their life. They would had to be humiliated and exposed to everyone and everything. They stood up their with only their dignity and their pride, but both of these were dwindling.

The slaves were taken to land and the leaders would take off their chains, let them wash up, shave the mens beards and hair, and also put palm oil all over the slaves skins. They would also try to cover up diseases so the buyers wouldn't notice and flaws in the slaves. They thought of many different ideas to hide blemishes, diseases, and blood. After they were taken care of they would sometimes be taken back to a boat and had them stand up so it was easier for the buyers to look at them. Most of the time however they would stand up on a wooden block and the highest bidder would be able to have the slave. The buyers would look at them, touch them, and even some times make them dance or do things for them. Here we see a typical slave Auction building. This is where most of the slaves would be sold ad bought. The slaves would try to do anything to stay with their family they would plea and cry, sometimes even run and rebel, but sometimes their efforts were at a loss and they would have promise to their family that they would be back. Most of the time buyers would separate their families and only take the slave that looked best. It was a long and hard process and made many African Americans feel shame about themselves. Here is a picture of what a slave auction might look like. The family of slaves are standing on the block and the buyers are walking around looking at them seeing which ones they should buy.