A freedman in Monticello, Florida was auctioned to pay a legal fine in 1867. Impoverished ex-slaves were arrested for vagrancy,
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A freedman in Monticello, Florida was auctioned to pay a legal fine in 1867. Impoverished ex-slaves were arrested for vagrancy, and when they could not pay their fines, they were leased for labor at an public auction.