What aspects of buying an selling of slaves does Northup single out for condemnation?
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Twelve Years a Slave is a Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York who was once kidnapped
According him, the slave auction was one of the most barbaric practices of slavery system.
He describes that slaves were asked to open their mouths for the purpose of inspection. Buyers would inspect the bodies of slaves looking for marks or physical attributes they needed in a slave. This process helped to filter out the good ones and their masters would get good money for the cleaned ones
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