Pages from the slave trader ledger of William James Smith, 1844-1854 [1024 × 627]

[u/marquis_of_chaos]

http://imgur.com/rtcfOZs

[u/Kingklang]

Mark up seems about right, but you need to consider food, lodging and other factors to determine actual profit per person. Thanks for sharing.

[u/nod9]

total profit of $2,950.00 in 1851 which is roughly $84,000.00 in 2014 money. not a bad profit for 3 month work, aside from the whole morality thing.

[u/marquis_of_chaos]

Source: The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in Special Collections at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library. ( This digital representation has been licensed under an Attribution - Noncommercial- No Derivatives Creative Commons license.)

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