• imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Holy fucking shit those are really thick and outward.

    Because of the grayscale color it almost looks like a bad weld job and metal just dripped all over. It’s so hard coming to terms with just how deep those must have been in order to scar up that much and probably often not just deep

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      9 months ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_(enslaved_man)

      In this transcript Peter mentions “salt brine, which Overseer put in my back.”[8] This practice, sometimes called salting, was attested in many accounts of slave torture reported over many decades.[16] Other substances, including turpentine, hot-pepper juice, and dripping candle wax, were also used

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              9 months ago

              Let’s also not let Lincoln get away from this discussion. He absolutely did huge harm to the radical reconstruction movement, although Johnson turned that to 11. He also has an awful record in regards to indigenous peoples. (As has every president)