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Thats a hell of a lot of cash for a slave by most modern standards. In the uk the average price of a slave is £70 (And there are an estimated 10,000 to 13,000 slaves in the uk).

I believe the average price for a slave in 1850's america, in today's money, was equivalent to £28,000, so it's probably the case that in societies where slavery is legal and traded openly prices become much higher.

However, there were recent reports of a slave being sold by isis for a packet of cigarettes.

I did a presentation on the subject very recently... but due to the collapse of the £ my figures might be a little off.