The Reality of Enslavement
Cruelty was standard: Documentation from sites like Ferry Hill shows that supposed "kind" masters were routinely tyrannical, arbitrary, and violent toward the people they legally owned.Punishment for accidents: Enslaved individuals were severely beaten for minor, accidental mistakes, such as dropping or breaking household items.Systemic oppression: True kindness cannot exist within a system of legal ownership and forced labor; the benevolent master is a revisionist myth. You can read a detailed analysis of this history via Emilie Amt.
