MEDIA Credit: the Virginia Historical SocietyOriginal Author: Betts & Gregory, AuctioneersCreated: March 1861Medium: Printed form with handwritten completionsAuction Prices for SlavesBetts & Gregory, an auction house located on Franklin Street in Richmond, advertises the current prices for enslaved African Americans in March 1861. Prices ranged from $1,600 to $1,300, the latter price being for "Boys 4 feet high."FEATURED INThomas, Philip (1831–1888)Slave SalesSlave Trade, Eyre Crowe’s Images of the