Kasuwar bayi ta Richmond, Virginia

Kasuwar bayi ta Richmond, ta Virginia ita ce babbar kasuwar bayi a yankin Kudancin Kudancin Amurka a cikin 1840s da 1850s. An sayar da bayi 3,000 zuwa 9,000 daga Virginia kowace shekara tsakanin 1820 da 1860, yawancin su ta hanyar Richmond (da Norfolk, Alexandria, Lynchburg, da sauran garuruwan Virginia ). Dillalan bayi na Richmond sun tattara gidajen yarinsu da dakunan gwanjo a Wall Street, kunkuntar lungu a wani yanki na birnin da ake kira Shockhoe Bottom, kwarin da Shockoe Creek ya kirkira, wanda ya mamaye birnin. [ 4 ] Har ila yau, 'yan kasuwa sun yi amfani da ofisoshi da dakunan taro a Otal ɗin Exchange, St. Charles Hotel, Hotel City da Odd Fellows' Hall. Wani baƙo na 1852 ya ruwaito, "Akwai guda huɗu [masu ajiyar bayi], kuma duk a cikin titi ɗaya, ba fiye da biyu ba daga Otal ɗin Exchange, inda muke zama. Waɗannan ɗakunan ajiya na bayi suna cikin ɗaya daga cikin titin da aka fi yawan yawa a wurin, kuma ana gudanar da tallace-tallace a cikin ginin, a bene na farko; kuma a cikin ra'ayi na masu wucewa, waɗanda aka yi a baya, amma akwai ƙananan yara a baya. Ana duba mutanen da samarin a bainar jama'a a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki, a gaban masu sauraren mutane dari." Ya ba da rahoton cewa uku ne kawai daga cikin 20 maza da aka baje kolin suna da "baya masu tsafta" waɗanda ba su da alamar tabon bulala. 
Wasu daga cikin bayin da aka tattara a Richmond an sake siyar da su ga masu saye na gida amma a mafi yawan lokuta sansanin wucewa ne inda ’yan kasuwar bayi daga gundumomin auduga da sukari na Lower South suka tattara jigilar kaya don sake siyarwa a farashi mafi girma a Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, da Texas. "Virginia negroes" an yi la'akari da samfur mai ƙima dangane da bayi daga, ka ce, Missouri, don haka ana yawan tallata wurinsu na asali kamar kasuwannin bayi na New Orleans da Natchez.

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