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"Malingering" was the enslaving owner's term for a Black person who they believed was faking illness. Plantation physicians often recommended treatments of "veiled medical violence" to jolt the person out of fakery and back to work. The majority of doctors and plantation owners never considered that the deplorable conditions of enslavement actually contributed to, or caused genuine illnesses. Laziness was always the reason for "malingering' in their estimation--at least until the person fell dead. This is not to say that the enslaved did not use "malingering" at times to gain time to plan an escape. (See pages 30-31 in Harriet A. Washington's, "Medical Apartheid-The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present" for details).

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Why were slave owners called crackers?

The term "cracker" was initially used to refer to poor white farmers in the southern United States. It later became associated with slave owners as a derogatory term implying arrogance or a certain type of behavior. Some historians suggest it may have stemmed from the cracking of whips by slave owners.


What was slave cruelty?

Slave cruelty refers to the systemic violence, abuse, and dehumanization inflicted upon enslaved individuals by slaveowners. This included physical punishments such as whipping, branding, and torture, as well as psychological and emotional abuse to maintain control and instill fear. Slave cruelty was a fundamental aspect of the institution of slavery and was used to assert power and maintain the exploitative nature of the system.


Why is Scotland guilty with the slave trade?

Scotland's involvement in the slave trade was through its participation in the British Empire, which heavily profited from the trade in enslaved people. Scottish merchants and shipowners were involved in transporting enslaved Africans to the Americas, and there were also plantations owned by Scots in the Caribbean that relied on enslaved labor. Scotland has since acknowledged its role in the transatlantic slave trade and has taken steps to address this collective responsibility.


Did slave owners give there slaves cocaine?

There is historical evidence that some slave owners in the 19th century may have provided their slaves with medicinal drugs, including cocaine, as a form of treatment. However, it was not a widespread practice and varied depending on the individual owner.


How did cracker become a racial slur?

I'm unsure of how it became a racial slur, probably just passed down over generations, but I can tell you how it originated. In the slave days some masters would whip their slaves. Wipping a slave sounded to them like a 'CRACK!'. So slaves would call their masters 'Crackers'.

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