Her Beauty Was Her Curse - Slavery's S£x Trade

Описание: Her beauty was her curse. The lighter her skin, the higher the price. Young girls were advertised by skin tone and explicitly bought to be raped.
Between 1800-1865, America had a thriving s*x trafficking market. It was called the "Fancy Girls" trade. And it was built on systematic ra.pe, colorism, and profit.
Light-skinned enslaved women and girls were purchased at 4-5 TIMES the price of women field laborers. A woman worth $200 as a field worker could bring $5,000 at a fancy girl auction.
The Edmonson sisters—Mary and Emily—light-skinned young women from Maryland, were captured and priced at $1,200 each in New Orleans. Louisa Piquet was 14 years old when sold for $1,500. She was immediately forced to undress to verify her "worth." She had four children with her owner before being freed.
Slave traders didn't hide this. They advertised it. Historical letters show traders negotiating prices for "fancy girls," demanding specific young women be sent by ship, offering them for thousands of dollars.
New Orleans became the epicenter. Hotels like the St. Louis Hotel held auctions where these girls were displayed, inspected, and sold explicitly for s£,xual purposes. Traders dressed them in fine clothes and jewelry to maximize their appeal. Rap.e had become a business model.
By 1860, 10% of all enslaved people in America were mixed-race—NOT from love, but from systematic rap .e. One-third of formerly enslaved women reported having children with white fathers. Contemporary African Americans' DNA is 24% European—genetic evidence of this forced s£ xual slavery.
Share this. Tell someone. Because these girls deserve to be remembered as trafficking victims—not merchandise.

SOURCES & REFERENCES
Fancy Girls Definition & 4-5X Price Premium - National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); "Business of the Trade" exhibit
Edmonson Sisters - $1,200 Each, New Orleans - Wikipedia "Edmonson Sisters"; Historical records from slave traders Bruin & Hill
Isaac Franklin Letters on Fancy Girls Prices - Smithsonian Magazine "Retracing Slavery's Trail of Tears" (2015); Historical trader correspondence
Louisa Piquet - $1,500 at Age 14 - Wikipedia "Fancy Girls"; Louisa Piquet's documented testimony
Fancy Girls Definition & Market Practice - Wikipedia "Fancy Girls"; NMAAHC bill of sale for girl named Clary ($5,000 in modern currency)
Lewis C. Robards - Specialty in Light-Skinned Girls - TalkAfricana "How the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade Gave Birth to Slave Breeding" (2025)
10% Mixed-Race Population by 1860 Census - Wikipedia "White Slave Propaganda"; U.S. Census 1860

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