120 Atrocities of Slavery
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For too long, the daily brutalities of slavery have been reduced to a handful of headlines — whips, chains, lynching's, massacres. But the real story runs far deeper. On every plantation, every day, enslaved people endured acts of cruelty so extreme they scarred generations. These weren’t isolated “abuses.” They were a system of atrocities — physical, psychological, sexual, and cultural — used to strip away humanity and enforce control.
Here you will find a numerated list of documented atrocities. No explanations, no softening, no interpretations — just the raw ledger of what was done. This list is made public because history must be seen clearly.
But the expanded descriptive list — the one that explains, in detail, what each of these atrocities was, how it was carried out, and why it mattered — is not here. That full breakdown is being released only through my TikTok account.
Why? Because history doesn’t belong in dusty archives alone. It belongs in conversation. It belongs where people gather, learn, and share — and today, that space is social media.
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120 Documented Atrocities
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Branding with hot irons
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Whipping/flogging with the lash
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Iron muzzle / iron bit gags
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Spiked iron collars
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Collars with bells
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Wrist shackles
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Ankle shackles
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Bilboes (leg irons)
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Stocks
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Pillories
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Neck yokes
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Iron masks
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Ear cropping/amputation
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Burning/scarring as punishment
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Hanging / extrajudicial killing
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Bloodhound dog hunts
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Thumbscrews
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Plantation jails / cells
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Sleep deprivation punishments
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Starvation / withholding rations
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Withholding clothing in winter
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Withholding shoes in winter
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Forced nudity on auction blocks
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Invasive auction inspections
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Family separation by sale
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Rape and sexual assault
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Coerced reproduction (“breeding”)
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Medical experimentation without anesthesia
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Laws denying literacy
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Bans on assembly/worship without white supervision
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Whipping of pregnant women (ground hole for abdomen)
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Shackling of children
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Coffles (forced marching in chains)
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Public torture as terror spectacle
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Legal impunity for killing during “correction”
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Branding letters/marks for runaways
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Gagging bits to prevent speech/eating
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Iron spurs/hobbling devices
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Ball-and-chain restraints
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Salt rubbed into lash wounds
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Exposure to the elements while restrained
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Sale “down river” used as punishment
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Forced labor while ill or injured
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Quota whipping for “short work”
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Compelled witnessing of others’ torture
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Night irons (shackled during sleep)
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Collars/yokes preventing lying down
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Patrol violence under the pass system
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Whipping to bone exposure
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Pepper rubbed into lash wounds
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Branding on face (cheeks/forehead)
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Branding owner initials into flesh
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Iron bit enforced while working
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Iron gag for punishment of speaking out
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Cowbell collars for tracking
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Neck fork yokes with extended poles
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Neck irons linking multiple captives
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Coffle chains across necks
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Bilboes pinned to ground
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Hand stocks (arms extended)
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Foot stocks (legs extended)
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Neck stocks (head and torso immobilized)
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Shackling elderly people
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Short-chain hobbling between ankles
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Iron bar shackles deforming posture
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Confinement in plantation dungeons
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Confinement in sweat boxes
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Forced standing in irons for days
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Hanging by thumbs
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Hanging by wrists
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Hanging by ankles upside down
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Chaining in crawl spaces
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Locking in wooden sweat crates
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Starvation diets as punishment
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Withholding water in heat
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Withholding blankets in cold
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Forcing nakedness during winter labor
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Parading the enslaved naked at auctions
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Genital inspections at auctions
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Breast inspections at auctions
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Forced jumping or dancing on the block
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Mother and infant separated at sale
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Siblings deliberately sold apart
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Spouses deliberately sold apart
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Immediate sale for attempted literacy
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Immediate sale for “insolence”
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Immediate sale for minor resistance
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Rape by owner
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Rape by overseer
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Rape of girls below puberty
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Gang rape as intimidation
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Forced pairing for “breeding”
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Incest coerced by owners for reproduction
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Pregnancy by owner’s relatives coerced
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Sexual coercion under threat of whipping
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Sexual coercion under threat of sale
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Sexual coercion under threat of killing children
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Using children as leverage for sexual submission
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Forced wet-nursing of enslavers’ infants
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Denial of burial rites to the deceased
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Feeding infants/children to alligators (reported)
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Forcing enslaved men to fight to the death (“buck fights”)
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Battle royal spectacles forced on youths
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Setting attack dogs to maul captives
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Castration of men as punishment
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Dismemberment after lynching
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Cutting off fingers or toes as punishment
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Nose rings or hooks used for control
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Breaking teeth to facilitate gagging/force-feeding
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Forced feeding via bit or funnel to end hunger strikes
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Near-drowning punishments (“ducking”)
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Bucking and gagging (binding to a stick with a gag)
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Flogging with a cat-o’-nine tails
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Forced kneeling on kernels of corn for hours
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Confinement in lightless isolation boxes
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Turpentine poured into open wounds
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Sun exposure torture while immobilized
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Forced head shaving for humiliation
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Targeted whipping of breasts
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Beating with cowhide or knotted cords