The Draft

Watching it in depth today for the first time in my life, I was struck. Struck dumbfounded. I couldn't comprehend what I was seeing. Was it a joke? Was it some kind of Dave Chappelle sketch? No this was real. A real slave trade at that. Compare what you remember and what has been recorded about the slave trade. An owner brings his set of slaves before an audience. He proclaims their physical prowess, their long term worth to your organization, that they have a family and that the family comes with it. They are worth a certain amount of money, but that is negotiable as well. They could be traded to another owner without that person's consent. So they are being sent to a place not of their choosing for only their physical skills and paid a slaves wage.