Revival History

Since the Federal Government wants to ban agencies from celebrating Black History Month, I'm going to be 28 days of menace...sharing things you likely weren't taught in school.  Starting off strong February 1st, "Breeding Farms" during Slavery.  In 1808, the import of slaves was banned to the Americas.  This wasn't a humanitarian effort; it was simply due to economics.  America was producing enough slaves on its own that the importing of slaves wasn't profitable.   Slave owners would select "good stock" in both men and women to force to have children they could sell.  There was no regard to marriage.  In fact, women who were considered good breeding stock, in the same way animals are selected today, were often force bred to men who were not their husbands.  The men selected were of stronger physical stature and the intent was clear--to create as many ideally bred children as quickly as they could, sometimes with the whip waiting at the man's...

They came as slaves: human cargo transported on British ships bound for the Americas. They were shipped by thehundreds of thousands and included men, women, and even the youngest of children. Whenever they rebelled or even disobeyed an order, they were punished in the harshest ways. Slave owners would hang their human property by their hands and set their hands or feet on fire as one form of punishment. Some were burned alive and had their heads placed on pikes in the marketplace as a warning to other captives. We don't really need to go through all of the gory details, do we? We know all too well the atrocities of the African slave trade. But are we talking about African slavery? King James VI and Charles I also led a continued effort to enslave the Irish. Britain's Oliver Cromwell furthered this practice of dehumanizing one's next door neighbor. The Irish slave trade began when James VI sold 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. His Proclamation of 1625 requi...

They stripped her n4ked at seven years old and called her property. A few years later, she would embarrass the men who believed Black people could never be intelligent. Her name was Phillis Wheatley. But even that name was stolen. “Phillis” came from the slave ship that carried her across the Atlantic. “Wheatley” came from the Boston family that bought her. Before America knew her as a poet, she was a terrified little Black girl ripped from Senegal and thrown into slavery before she even understood what slavery was. She arrived in Boston in 1761. Thin. Sick. Alone. On the auction block, enslavers examined her body like livestock. One man reportedly described her as suitable breeding stock. She was only a child. That is the brutality people try to soften when they talk casually about slavery. Children were not seen as children. They were investments. But something inside Phillis Wheatley refused to die. The Wheatley family noticed she learned quickly. Very quickly. Within months, she wa...

The Horrific Truth About Breeding Farms During Slavery The history books often leave out the most harrowing chapter of American slavery: the deliberate breeding farms of Virginia and Maryland. When the international trade ended in 1808, a new, terrifying industry began, treating human beings like livestock to fuel the booming cotton economy. Mothers were forced to bear children only to see them sold away to the Deep South. Discover the dark reality of how the "breeding state" operated and the heartbreaking stories of those who survived this dehumanizing system. As we navigate the grim annals of these breeding farms and the relentless grind of the cotton plantations they fueled, we must bear witness to the stories of those who suffered. This is not just a story of oppression; it is a chronicle of a system that magnified misery to build an empire, and the indomitable resilience of those who survived it. In the vast landscape of American history, there lies a haunting grove wher...

When the transatlantic slave trade was outlawed, many plantation owners in America turned to breeding farms as their alternative. Since it was illegal to import new enslaved Africans, there was nothing unlawful about forcing enslaved men and women to reproduce, often through coercion, abuse, and violence. In this way, the institution of slavery perpetuated itself, dehumanizing entire generations and reducing people to nothing more than property. This history sheds light on why so many African American families do not openly discuss their ancestry or lineage. The legacy of breeding farms is not just a painful memory—it is a deeply stigmatized one. To recite one’s family history beyond a few generations often meant revisiting stories of violation, separation, and humiliation. For many, the safest option was silence. Over time, that silence created gaps, leaving descendants unable to trace their family line beyond their great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents. The inability to rec...

He slept with hundreds of women and had over 200 children. This is Pata Seca, the Breeding Slave ⛓  His African slave parents gave birth to him in  1828 ( in Brazil ). Because he grew up to be strong, tall, powerful, and had excellent genetic traits,  the man in the picture, Pata Seca was picked by his slave master to become a breeding slave. His duty was to make female slaves pregnant. He was locked with dozens of women everyday and forced to continously sleep with them to produce children who would be slaves from birth. This was a way of ensuring that children born from slaves should also be strong and  productive in the fields.  At the age of 60 ( 1888), Slavery was abolished in Brazil and by this time, Pata Seca had over 200 children. Pata Seca passed away peacefully on June 13, 1958, at the age of 130  having lived a life of extraordinary length and with 249 children. Each year on June 13, his descendants in Brazil gather to honor his memory, striving ...