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"Oh, but Robert E. Lee was such a Southern Gentleman!" (lemmy.world)
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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“…. who gave us the number of lashes ordered…”

”Gen. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done.”

Even Satan would tell this guy to calm down.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, washing lashed backs with brine or hot pepper juice was a well-known 'additional' punishment levied on flogged slaves in the American South, whenever the punishers felt like the slaves deserved it, or looked at them wrong, or if the slavers were just having a moment of pure fucking meanness.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reading of slave punishments should be required reading like the Holocaust.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

It wouldn't change much. The Trumptards would just enjoy it. They lack the empathy to take away any valuable lesson from this.