Human commodity auctions

A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage.

2007 film by Marco Kreuzpaintner

practice of a husband selling his wife

English custom in the 17th–20th centuries that was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement, in which after parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband publicly auctions her to the highest bidder

place where slaves are bought and sold

History of slavery in Libya

1969 Japanese animated film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto

historical form of poor care

brothel in Nevada, United States

painting by Edwin Long

modern slavery by quasi-state-level jihadist groups

selling children

overview of sex trafficking in the United States

auction where a person seeks to sell their virginity

non-elite-commoner-women slavery in Ottoman times