You are speaking of the Slave Market or Mart- a form of auction where slaves- captive human beings were offered for sale. Just the thought of human beings on an auction block- so to speak is utterly...
No, it is a subset of slavery. Chattel slavery is where there is outright ownership of the human being, with him being bought, sold and traded.The larger term slavery refers to the variety of ways in...
During the early 1850s, whites from the North began reading first hand experiences of slavery. Most citizens thought it was cruel and inhumane. The North was already completely industrial, with no...