
Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Horrors of Slave Life During Peak Slavery in America
A historian named C L R James uncovered horrific records of the treatment of slaves. They endured physical abuse such as iron restraints, dragging blocks, tin plate masks, and mutilation. Their masters subjected them to burning, burying, and forcing them to eat excrement. These were not rare occurrences, but rather normal aspects of slave life. The question is, how far would you go to change this situation? And what vengeance would you seek against those who kept you in such misery? A bloodbath seems inevitable.
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