Let's introduce you to two of the most infamous slave owners you should be aware of. Isaac Franklin and John Armfield were very mean and very rich people who traded slaves in the 1800s. They were the top sellers of a type of slave called fancy girls in many big cities in the United States. They moved a total of 10,000 people during their careers. These fancy girls were the most profitable slaves. A fancy girl with light skin could be sold for an incredible $2,000. To give you an idea of how much money that was, a skilled craftsman would have to work for ten years to earn that much. With $2,000, you could buy 500 acres of land and five good horses. But to Franklin and Armfield, slaves were like things you own, and fancy girls were like expensive designer handbags. Sadly, they also did terrible things to the women they bought and sold, even making jokes about it in their letters. This shared habit made their friendship even stronger.

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