The two things from this list that caused the Federal deficit to soar would be "<span>too many Federal government regulations" since it is these regulations that stopped things like a second economic depression and recession from happening. </span>
The degrading show and presentation of slaves--Soloman Northrup's description of the slave auction shows his disgust for the examination of slaves as if they were horses on parade. The act takes away humanity and creates property.
Northrup describes slaves having to open their mouths to be inspected. Buyers would inspect the bodies of slaves looking for marks or physical attributes they needed in a slave. The process includes cleaning up slaves to help improve the value.