some, like the sugg family categorized their losses, others used it as commodification and sold cadavers used for medical education. this is what i call the domestic cadaver trade. it is a trade in human cadavers that were used, and they were given prices and commoditized like they were when they were still alive. there were given a price, what i call ghost value, the cost of a dead, stiff, you know the rest. those values were significantly lower than market values of the living enslaved peoples, ranging anywhere from $5-$30, much different than the body's worth alive, thousands of dollars. the dead bodies were a fraction of the price, depending on the age and condition of the cadaver. we find these in university account books and letters between physicians. once price was negotiated, cadavers were placed into the domestic cadaver trade. this was not unique to the south. there was plenty of evidence of the cadaver trade as far north as a vermont and maine, and as far south as texas and louisiana. medical colleges in new york used the canal system to move bodies from the city of the hudso