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Do you think movies exaggerate slavery?
I remember watching "Amistad" and thinking "Omg, what a horrible existence to be a slave, and to be treated so inhumanely"
Then yesterday I watched "12 years a slave" and i wept more then when i saw Passion of the christ. Good lord, was the white man that evil? and so widespread? (95% of the whites are portrayed as reincarnations of the devil himself. And im not even religious so that should speak volumes)
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- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
The Egyptians documented their activities very clearly. I don't see a single whip in all those paintings. There is simply no resemblance to the savage treatment you see in films.
The white man, on the contrary, made a regular practice of beating the male slaves to break their spirits so there would be no uprisings. They dealt with the women slaves in a more businesslike fashion specifically to disrupt family ties and keep the slaves disorganized and weak. That matriarchal society is still a large part of the black heritage.