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| 27 | 59 | View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes a low fence, set out a few feet, discourages crowding near the edge of the block itself. |
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| 27 | 56 | The slave block, on the other hand, is normally about a yard to five feet high, and is designed to raise the girls above the crowd, so that they may be more easily seen by the bidders. |
| 27 | 57 | This block height is commonly the case even when the block is in a hall-like amphitheater. |
| 27 | 58 | In a situation of that sort, then, some men may be at the foot of the block, crowding around it, and so on, but most will be in the tiers. |
| 27 | 59 | Sometimes a low fence, set out a few feet, discourages crowding near the edge of the block itself. |
| 27 | 60 | This also tends to prevent the ascent of the block by zealous bidders, men reaching for, say, the ankle of a displayed slave, and so on. |
| 27 | 61 | Such things might disrupt a sale. |
| 27 | 62 | "Have you ever seen a sale of female slaves?" he asked. |