I hate to say this but some in my family owned slaves. They were very expensive. I saw the will/inventory of one relative dated 1850 something. Had about 5 as I recall listed on the will/inventory. $350 was about the average price. Back then that was a lot of cash!
They didn’t have slave insurance back then.
They listed everything on the will, right down to how many spoons they had!
You mean life insurance for slaves? Yes they did have it, sold to them by northern insurance companies. How else could you borrow money against a slave?
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