Talk:Great Slave Auction

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Primary Sources

I would offer these links to primary sources on this topic. I am not certain how to expand on the historiography.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1859-03-09/ed-1/seq-5/

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1894-08-19/ed-1/seq-3/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ediza8 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Naive question

If Butler's trustees had control over his plantations and his slaves, and needed to raise money, wouldn't it make more sense to sell the plantations with the slaves who worked there? Selling the slaves and plantations separately seems to serve no-one's interests. Maproom (talk) 09:04, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

"Hands"

I removed the sentence about "hands" being used because they were not seen as human. The term "hands" has been used since medieval times to describe agricultural workers. It has nothing to do with race. See https://www.etymonline.com/word/hand. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 18:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I agree. Or it describes anyone doing manual labor. "All hands on deck." Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 19:24, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

The first picture here is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Butler#Pierce_Mease_Butler also, but they have different titles for the lady in the picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.99.172.160 (talk) 20:57, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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"Enslaved Africans"

I believe that the term "enslaved Africans" ought to be replaced with "enslaved people" (or simply "slaves"), unless it refers to actual first-generation African slaves brought over through the trans-Atlantic slave trade. My knowledge on this particular subject is rather lacking, so I don't know for certain whether or not it involved Africans, but considering the late date and the sheer scale of the body of enslaved workers involved, I am guessing it wasn't. Making the above edit would be in line with current academic custom, which distinguishes between those enslaved in Africa, and bondspeople bought and sold through the internal slave market, who might have been in America for generations and would have had a very different culture and life experiences. Considering this term is used very early in the article's introduction, I do not believe it can be left up to context to clear up any confusion. CatAppreciator29 (talk) 17:50, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I think the first usage should be "enslaved African Americans", to emphasize the racial aspect, which is a key part of any article involving slavery in the United States. I agree that enslaved Africans seems to be inaccurate, but just "enslaved people" assumes knowledge and leaves out important context.--Cerebral726 (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Photograph with wife

The page’s photograph is labeled as Butler and his wife, Frances Kemble, c. 1855. In fact, they had divorced in 1849. ~2026-18788-24 (talk) 00:52, 26 March 2026 (UTC)