“Whipping, branding, shackling, and mutilation were common punishments. Many endured long hours of forced labor, often from sunrise to sunset, six days a week, in cotton fields, sugar plantations, or rice swamps. Slaveholders [imperialist, white-supremacist, predatorial-capitalist, patriarchal oligarchs] sometimes used torture or rape to assert power and control. Enslaved women were especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation.“ – ChatGPT