Jenny Proctor

Jenny Proctor talks about how the slaves were prepared for auction and the heartbreaking inevitability of family members being sold to separate masters.

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"When he go to sell a slave, he feed that one for a few days, then when he goes to put 'em up on the auction block he takes a meat skin and grease all around that slave's mouth and makes 'em look like they been eating plenty meat and such like and was good and strong and able to work. Sometimes he sell the babies from the breast, and then again he sells the mothers from the babies and the husbands and wives, and so on. He wouldn't let 'em holler much when the folks be sold away. He'll say, 'I'll have you whupped if you don't hush.' My name is Jenny Proctor."