1. Slave Trade Auction
By: Michael Thompson, Tyler Williams, Wyneke
Lee, and Albert Insixiengmay

2. Types
There were 2 main types of slave auctions:
People that sold to the highest bidder, and
Grab-and-Go auctions

3. Highest Bidder
Slaves would be brought from the pen, raised on a
platform (so the buyers could see them).
When the slave ship docked, the slaves would be taken
off the ship and placed in a pen. Then, they covered
their skin in grease (or tar) to make them look more
healthy
Sometimes they would be branded with a hot iron to
identify them as slaves

4. Grab-and-Go
A trader gave a ticket to each slave they had bought.
When they heard a drum roll, the door to the slave
pen would open, and buyers would rush in, and grab
the salve(s) that they wanted
If buyers wanted to buy a slave on the day of the
auction, they would agree to pay the trader to an
agreed amount of money

5. Resource
History on, the net. "Black Peoples of America -
The Slave Auction." http://
www.historyonthenet.com/Slave_Trade/
slave_auction.htm. History on the Net Group
Website Design, 2011. Web. 11 Mar 2011. <http://
www.historyonthenet.com/Slave_Trade/
slave_auction.htm>.