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10 Barbaric And Heartbreaking Ways Enslaved Black People Were Punished by Their Slave Masters

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Sexual Assault and Abuse

During slavery, white male plantation owners, their sons, brothers and other male acquaintances raped Black women without fear of punishment. Their reasons ranged from lascivious desire to acts of punishment. Black men were also sexually abused by slaveholders, and, sometimes, their wives.

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