Illustration: Bettmann (Getty Images) Slave labor has often been portrayed as unskilled work, in an attempt to justify the brutal torture and dehumanization that Africans were subjected to. In reality, cultivating sugar, cotton, tobacco and other crops required meticulous and strenuous efforts. Slaves were highly skilled tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, cooks and more.
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21 Truths And Myths About The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Illustration: Bettmann (Getty Images) Slave labor has often been portrayed as unskilled work, in an attempt to justify the brutal torture and dehumanization that Africans were subjected to. In reality, cultivating sugar, cotton, tobacco and other crops required meticulous and strenuous efforts. Slaves were highly skilled tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, cooks and more.
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