200 years for almost at this point. they realize that is going away. slavery is dead. they still believe there should be some kind of separation. they could use works like hotze to justify that separation. again, very dangerous. that, to me, is the impact of this book. it shows where that thought comes from and how dangerous that can be. american history tour of the civil war continues, with a look at a slave auction site in south carolina. after that, a tour of a doctor's office from the civil war era. then a look at immigration and religion in the run-up to the civil war. and we will hear about the uss monitor, the first ironclad warship commission by the u.s. navy. the old slave mart in

charleston, south carolina was one of the largest slave trading hubs in the south. a tour of the slave mart with nicole green, director of what is today the old slave mart museum. >> we are sitting in the former sales room of the auction complex. we are on the second floor, but originally this building did not have a second floor. it was just a long, narrow building that was part of a complex of four buildings that made up ryan smart. -- ryan's mart. port of entry for enslaved africans coming into what is now the united states. about 40% of all enslaved africans coming into this centuryin the 18th

entered through the port of charleston. the transatlantic slave trade was abolished in 1808, although there was smuggling. the domestic slave trade, since the majority of enslaved people who were sold here were american-born. were the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of enslaved africans, brought here against their will generations before. in 1856, when we see the first advertised slave sale, a 20-year-old woman -- this building was not even here. if you look at the walls around us, you will notice this is actually a mallee. intos an alley that led the auction complex. the main building was a four story jail or baruch -- barracks. two-storyalso a structure used as a kitchen. there was also a smaller structure in the southwest corner of the lot that was described as a dead house or a

morgue. if a slave trader knew there was an enslaved person in that jail that was sick, they would remove that persons of this other structure so as not to infect the larger population. thousands of enslaved people were sold here between 1863. the largest slave sale that i know about was 256 enslaved people. dollars, an enslaved man who was in the prime of his life, very strong and able bodied, could be sold for, today, about $35,000. of course, if you had a special trade or skill, you would be worth more. enslaved people had to be prepared for sale, especially if they had traveled from a great distance.

person -- let's say they were coming from richmond, virginia. it could take a long time. by the time they got here to ryan's mart, they would not be in any condition to be sold. they would be bruised, probably, with the shackles and chains they had been wearing, especially the men, who were shackled the entire time. very thin, dirty. they were in no position to be sold on the auction block. a potential buyer would not want to purchase them. so, arriving at a place like this, this auction complex, thomas ryan and later mr. oakes would have a staff of black and white enslaved and free people

to get those people who were coming to be sold ready for the auction block. enslaved people were fed really well before auction, trying to fatten them up. they would also be provided water here to watch themselves. and sometimes, they would also or some otheroil kind of oil, and encouraged her to rub that into their skin. healthier, andar their muscles would look more defined, and they would look bulked up. all of that would happen. the last thing that had happened was, people had to find out when the auction was going to happen. placed inld have been the local papers. and some of those larger slave auctions would be advertised throughout the southeast. if you were a slave trader in the south and someone said

ryan's mart, they would know where you were talking about. -- you wouldle think they would not have any agency. they would not have any power in a situation like this. maybe as they stood on auction no power. they knew they were going to be sold, but they had things they did. if there was an enslaved man who , and athe auction block potential buyer started bidding on him, a potential buyer who he knew of, maybe he was start speaking up and saying, if you buy me, i will work for you. i will work very hard for you, sir. and maybe start bragging about how strong he was, or how skilled he was. and maybe even try to encourage buyer buyer to purchase his wie

and child also. weres not because they happy with their lot in life or happy about being enslaved or content, this man was trying to keep his family together, and he was going to do anything and say anything to achieve that. the last advertised slave sale in november, 1863. 1936 that until miriam will some -- wilson purchased the building. she knew, and many people knew, this was a place where enslaved people were sold. and she wanted to open this building as a museum. she established the old slave mart museum in 1937.

and opened, i believe in march of this year, opened this building as the first african-american museum in the country. next friday night, c-span examines the history of the civil rights movement, with a tour of the medgar evers house in jackson, mississippi, the 1917 race riots in st. louis, martin luther king's letter from birmingham jail, the bombing of the 16th street baptist church, and more. marty young is the director of the pioneer heritage center at louisiana state university in shreveport. he gave c-span a tour of a doctors office from the civil war era and some of the surgical tools used at the time.