The document discusses slave auctions in the United States. It explains that slaves were sold at auction, where buyers would bid against each other, raising the price. The bids would start at a minimum price and increase from there. The document provides vocabulary about auctions and inspection. It also includes discussion questions and activities about examining slave auction advertisements, watching a video clip about slave sales, and writing from the perspective of someone attending a slave auction.

2. Objective:
SWBAT
explain the
process by
which
slaves
were sold

3. Homework:
Read “An
early
abolitionist
speaks out
against
slavery”

4. Vocabulary: Auction
 The items were
sold at auction
 Bids were
accepted, with a
minimum raise of
five dollars
 Bids started at fifty
dollars

5. Vocabulary: Inspection
 My car went in
for inspection
 What could
inspection
mean in this
context?

6. Slave auctions:
 Large numbers of
slaves were sold at
auction
 An opening offer (bid)
would be made
 Like betting in poker,
the amount of money
keeps rising

7. The real Lord Ligoneir

8. Class work:
 Examine the ads
 What are the key
points in each ad?
 What can you tell from
the ads? What are
people looking for
when they buy a slave?
 Place these things in
the key points

9. Class work:
 Watch the clip
 3 column T chart – what
was different about the
sale of Kunta and Fanta?
 Write an account of a
slave auction
 Choose your perspective
– buyer, seller, tourist
 Write as if you were there

10. Sample:
 My guide suggested visiting a slave auction. He said
I’d never seen anything like it, and that the colorful
spectacle was sure to interest me. He was wrong.
 I came away feeling depressed. These people don’t
understand what they do to themselves, let alone
those they sell.
 I think it is the sound I will remember the most. The
clanking of the chains and the soft cries of the
people as they were separated from their friends –
these things I will not forget

11. Exit Ticket:
What is an
auction?
What does
it mean to
“bid”?