Chapter Three "The Slaves New Year's Day"

On the first of every year, slaves are put up for auction. On the second day the slaves are expected to go to their new masters. Rather than starting a new year with their families, they start out with their new owners. Some slaves were treated so well, that when New Years came, they were surrounded by a crowd begging not to be sold to a new master. Signs of corruption in this chapter can be shown when slaves are unwilling to go with their new master and are either locked up in jail or whipped until flood flows at their feet. Another way shown is when a mother is separated from all of her children and her master refused to tell her where he intended to take them.