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Aaron πŸ—οΈπŸš²πŸŒ²πŸ€ @aceckhouse.bsky.social

people often talk about slavery as "when people had to work without pay" when in fact it was "human beings were treated as property" and all the violence such dehumanization entailed

aug 19, 2025, 11:56 pm β€’ 14 4

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Kelly Snider @ks-coolio.bsky.social

The raping and forced childbearing (literally gestation pens for young women) are a horror. There is a reference in the novel β€œJames” (P Everett) but how slave owners increased their wealth (# slaves) by raping/impregnating their slaves is … 😞

aug 20, 2025, 4:45 pm β€’ 0 0 β€’ view