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The discovery serves as a stark reminder of how the U.S.'s entrenched racial wealth gap was born.
The Ball family auction of 600 was one of several from the estate. Over a course of 4 days, the family put up for sale 770 human beings in Charleston.
A Charleston resident and graduate student of history made a stunning discovery: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified.
Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find