Auction & Negro Sales, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864.
The photo was taken by George N. Barnard, the official photographer of the Chief Engineer’s Office, during the Union occupation of Georgia. When in use, the auction house would have seen enslaved Africans inspected for sale, poked, prodded and forced to open their mouths for the buyers.
The auctioneer would decide a price to start the bidding. It would be higher for young enslaved people and lower for older, very young or sickly enslaved people. Buyers would bid against each other, and sold to the person who bid the most money.
The Thomas Frazer and Co. slave auction house on Peachtree in Atlanta is now Five Points Marta train station. No wonder that place got such crazy energy.
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