What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation? / Great Auction Sale of Slaves, at Savannah, Georgia, March 2d & 3d, 1859

by Q. K. Philander Doesticks

THE MARKET VALUE OF AN EYE.

Guy, chattel No. 419, "a prime young man," sold for $1,280, being without blemish; his age was twenty years, and he was altogether a fine article. His next-door neighbor, Andrew, chattel No. 420, was his very counterpart in all marketable points, in size, age, skill, and everything save that he had lost his right eye. Andrew sold for only $1,040, from which we argue that the market value of the right eye in the Southern country is $240.