Revival History

BREEDING PLANTATIONS 🤬🤬 The breeding plantation history is a dark and disturbing chapter in American history.  ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS A SYSTEM WHERE SLAVE OWNERS FORCED ENSLAVED PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WOMEN, TO REPRODUCE, INCREASING THEIR HUMAN PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE MORE SLAVES.  *THE PRACTICE* Slave breeding involved coercing enslaved people into sexual relationships, forcing pregnancies, and breeding specific individuals to produce stronger future slaves. This practice was especially prevalent after the Atlantic slave trade was abolished in 1808, leading to a surge in demand for enslaved people in the Deep South. *THE ECONOMICS* Enslaved women were valued for their reproductive capacity, with some owners treating them like livestock, breeding them for specific traits, and selling their children for profit. The children born into slavery were seen as a form of wealth, used as collateral for loans and credit.  *NOTORIOUS EXAMPLES* One infamous example is Calvin...

Of a world that was rapidly disappearing. He captured a beautiful moment in time. Before smartphones, before television, and before most families even owned a camera, one man was capturing everyday Whitby for future generations. Francis Meadow “Frank” Sutcliffe (1853–1941) was a pioneering English photographer whose remarkable images preserved everyday life in Whitby and the surrounding Yorkshire coast during the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras. His photographs captured fishermen, working families, children, harbour scenes and ordinary people going about their daily lives, creating an extraordinary visual record of a world that was rapidly disappearing. His documentation of Whitby was so extensive and evocative that Sutcliffe became known as the “pictorial Boswell of Whitby.” More than a century later, his photographs still allow us to look directly into the faces, streets and working lives of Victorian Yorkshire.

For centuries, one of the most feared instruments of punishment wasn't a giant execution machine or a terrifying medieval contraption. It was something small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. The thumbscrew looked deceptively simple: a metal frame, a turning screw, and a space for a thumb or finger. But with every slow turn, the pressure increased. Prisoners could see exactly what was about to happen, making the anticipation almost as terrifying as the pain itself. In many parts of Europe, authorities used devices like this during interrogations, believing that suffering could force the truth from a person. The tragic reality? Extreme pain doesn't guarantee honesty—it often produces desperation. People may confess to crimes they never committed, accuse innocent people, or say whatever they think will make the agony stop. That lesson helped shape the legal protections and human rights standards many societies value today. Perhaps the most disturbing thing about the thumbscre...

This is undoubtedly the most horrifying execution method in human history… Being buried alive was a punishment that turned one of humanity’s deepest fears into a cruel reality. In various parts of the world throughout history, this method was used not only as an execution, but also as a way to silence or shame those who were considered criminals, traitors, or even social outcasts. The victim would be forced into a deep pit in the ground, often with their hands bound, leaving them completely helpless. Once inside, the soil would slowly be shoveled back into the pit. At first, the victim could still breathe and scream for help, but with every passing moment the weight of the earth would press harder against their body. The darkness would close in, the air would grow thinner, and panic would quickly set in. Some victims reportedly remained alive for several agonizing minutes as the dirt filled their lungs and crushed their chest, making every breath a desperate struggle. What made this pu...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson... Descended from a "Black Loyalist" . He's Descended from a Black Loyalist of the Revolutionary Wąr. Johnson's father, Wayde Douglas Bowles (aka Rocky Johnson), is a famous Canadian wrestler, a descendant of James Bowles who fought with the British Loyalists in 1778 as a member of the Black Pioneers. The Black Pioneers were an African American military unit that did mainly construction work for the British. During the American Revolutionary Wàr, the British offered land to any black person — whether slave or free — who joined their side. Though the British lost that war, they kept their promise and about 3,000 Black Loyalists sailed to Nova Scotia from New York, including James Bowles. Image: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and his father Rocky Johnson, 1981 Johnson's father was a Black Nova Scotian with a small amount of Irish ancestry. His mother is Samoan. His father and Tony Atlas were the first black tag team champions in WWE hist...

This is Lone Horn as pictured at the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty signing. He has been colorized. He father was Black Buffalo and his older brother was One Horn. He had a younger brother named Hump. He had three younger sisters named Good Looking Woman, Rattling Blanket Woman, and Looks At It which was later changed to Thay Are Afraid of Her. The reas=on it was changed is because when they lost their child, her husband tried to take her to a new village way from her family. So she physically fought him and won...hence They Are Afraid of Her. Rattling Blanket Woman was the mother of Crazy Horse. She hung herself when Crazy Horse was four. Good Looking Woman, Crazy Horse's aunt raised Crazy Horse along with help fromThey Are Afraid of Her. Crazy Horse named his only daughter after his aunt They Are Afraid of Her because he admired her independence and wanted his daughter to have the same trait.