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Narrative References to Older African Americans Living under Slavery

ISSN: 0362-3319.
Journal from gdlhub / 2012-06-19 11:57:50
Oleh : HERBERT C. COVEY, PAUL T. LOCKMAN, J R., STIKOM Dinamika Bangsa Jambi
Dibuat : 2012-06-19, dengan 1 file

Keyword : Narrative References to Older African Americans Living under Slavery
Subjek : Narrative References to Older African Americans Living under Slavery
Sumber pengambilan dokumen : KOPERTIS

Old age played an important role in the lives of African American slaves. From

the beginning of the enslavement process, older Africans usually were not captured

for the slave trade. Slave dealers were most interested in selling younger robust

men and women, who were viewed as having more economic worth. Older peoples’

relative worth was seen as lower than younger Africans with their full work-life

ahead of them. Bancroft noted, “Young mothers with several small children were

extremely valuable, and buxom girls of 14 to 18 years were usually at a great

premium because of good looks or expected fecundity.“” Thus, ships’ logs of slaves

being shipped to America typically identify young but seldom older adults. In

addition, records show that older slaves were auctioned in markets at lower prices

than younger slaves. Genovese found that 50 year old slaves commanded no higher

value on the market than 8 year olds2’

Some owners tried to hide the old age of their slaves to maximize earnings. Some

owners would doctor the appearance of their older slaves, feed them better, and

rest them in attempts to make them appear younger before taking them to slave

markets.2’ Finally, numerous advertisements of the period made reference to the

ages of slaves that buyers were interested in acquiring. These ages typically ranged

from about 8 to between 25 to 30 years of age and excluded older African

Americans.

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