The Business of Slavery

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that slavery was a significant part of American History. Unfortunately, history books have glossed over a lot of the dirty details. Most southern cities were "slave societies" that often dominated every aspect of the area's economy. Let's talk about the business of slavery, from the middle passage experience to slave auctions and how large some of them were, as well as how each of the "players" were that kept slavery operating for centuries in a lot of port cities along the east coast.