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Whipping scars of a former Mississippi slave, US Civil War, 1863 (media.kbin.social)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Morbidly fascinating.

I had thought the salt brine was a crude antiseptic, I hadn't realised it was intended to hurt. Perhaps both?

Note that the overseer who did the whipping in this case was terminated by the slaves owner, so while I'm sure this wasn't that uncommon, it wasn't the case for every slave.

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