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The Great Slave Auction

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- The rice plantation was located in Darien Georgia while the cotton plantation was on the island of St. Simon near Georgia.

-The slaves were gifted in their crafts of shoe making, coopers, blacksmith, and carpentry. Some of the slaves were taught to use machinery to cut down on time. These slaves were the most sot after during the sale.

-During the sale the slaves were seen as hands, referring to field hands and not humans.

-Savannah was the perfect location for the auction due to its proximity to the Butler estate and its notorious center for slave trade.

-During the day of the sale, the slaves were in the hands of Joseph Bryan. He was in charge of feeding them and keeping them in "good" condition. The slaves were then keep in the horse barn stalls, if you were part of a family you were put into the same stall. In the stalls they had nothing but the hardwood floors to sit and eat on. Slaves were given little portions of rice and beans, sometimes cornbread to eat for the two days.

-Some of the ads would include: "For Sale, Long Cotton and Rice Negros! A gang of 440, Accustomed to the culture of Rice and Provisions, among them are a no of good mechanics and house servants, will be sold on 2nd and 3rd day of March at Savannah by J Bryan.

-slave plantations in Georgia were just starting to pick up in the late 1790 by the end of 1810 plantations were producing goods at such a fast rates slave owners had to inquire from 10-20 slaves to 50-75 slaves.

- The news of the auction spreed from the deep south up to the north.

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The Sale

Savannah was the perfect location for the auction due to its proximity to the Butler estate and its notorious center for slave trade.

Pierce Butler had the impending sale advertised in The Savannah Republican and The Savannah Daily Morning News by Joseph Bryan, a notorious slave dealer in Savannah. The advertisements ran daily, except on Sundays, up until the last day of the sale.

Some of the ads would include: "For Sale, Long Cotton and Rice Negros! A gang of 440, Accustomed to the culture of Rice and Provisions, among them are a no of good mechanics and house servants, will be sold on 2nd and 3rd day of March at Savannah by J Bryan.

It was advertised and announced from the beginning that there would be no division of families.

Slaves were brought to the race track 4 days before the auction started allowing buyers and inspectors to take a look at them.

On the first day, there were about 200 buyers present. Fierce rains kept many of the potential buyers away and the auction began two hours late.

During the day of the sale, Joseph Bryan was in charge of feeding the slaves and keeping them in "good" condition. The slaves were then keep in the horse barn stalls, if you were part of a family you were put into the same stall. In the stalls they had nothing but the hardwood floors to sit and eat on. Slaves were given little portions of rice and beans, sometimes cornbread to eat for the two days. On the day of the auction slaves were seen as hands, referring to field hands and not humans. The slaves were gifted in their crafts of shoe making, coopers, blacksmith, and carpentry. Some of the slaves were taught to use machinery to cut down on time. The slaves were gifted in their crafts of shoe making, coopers, blacksmith, and carpentry. Some of the slaves were taught to use machinery to cut down on time. Their knowledge of these skills made them sot after by those were buying slaves during the auction. "The slaves themselves were but very few that were even a shade removed from the original Congo blackness."