Don’t forget that the female slaves developed child-rearing skills after the master raped them. And since importing new slaves was banned by law (but often not policed very well) the master could then turn around and sell off what were likely his own children, and get a higher price for them if they were lighter skinned.
There were slaveholders who focused more on selling children than on picking cotton.
priceless cotton picking skills, for all those cotton farms that they owned.
Put your back into it when you throw it onto the pile of Florida’s embarassment, it’s getting harder to reach the top.
Don’t forget that the female slaves developed child-rearing skills after the master raped them. And since importing new slaves was banned by law (but often not policed very well) the master could then turn around and sell off what were likely his own children, and get a higher price for them if they were lighter skinned.
There were slaveholders who focused more on selling children than on picking cotton.