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“The average adult slave cost about 1,200 dollars in 1860, the equivalent to about 24,000 dollars today, so the 5,500 enslaved people of Augusta were worth over 6 million dollars to their owners, equal to 120 million dollars today.”
― The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
― The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
