[jmacusa]

Just an aside here, to put a human face on this, the going price of a black male between 16 and 40 years old in the 1850’s was $1,200 dollars.

[DiogenesLamp]

Just an aside here, to put a human face on this, the going price of a black male between 16 and 40 years old in the 1850’s was $1,200 dollars.

One of the slogans of the New York riots was that "Slaves lives were worth more than theirs". (Speaking of the $300.00 exemption fee.)