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System of hospitals for enslaved people expands across the South.

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These hospitals are often built near auction sites, positioning their interest in the "health" of enslaved people as a mechanism for building profit. They function both as hospitals and as a way-station for the transportation of enslaved people—offering “every facility for travel and the necessary requirements for the sick.”