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How Slaves Reacted to Their Appraisals: Traumatic US History of Slave Auctions - AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/books/slave-auction-economy-price-pound-flesh-daina-ramey-berry

However, their parents (if present), as well as other kin, reminded them of a value that enslavers and traders could not commodify—the spiritual value of their immortal selves. Soul values—my term for such valuation—often escaped calculation and ...

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