I read that a black women in 1830 was sold as a slave for $25.00. How much was $25.00 compared to today?

Question

I read that a black women in 1830 was sold as a slave for $25.00. How much was $25.00 compared to today?

Answer 1

What was a rib´s price in Adam´s days?

Answer 2

This is SO sad!

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cg... shows about $480 and goes back to 1830

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl shows about $550 and only goes back to 1913.

I wish history books would put slavery into perspective like this, to make it a bit more realistic to today's students.  Not that anyone today could REALLY understand what it was like.