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hilo i, 2016, marker, acrylic & oil on panel, 30″ x 40″

Artist: Cristi López

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PLEASE HELP ME AND MY CAT

As most of my followers know I’ve had it very hard these last few years. My cat has been the one thing that has made living like this bearable. I’ve lost my job, my independence and have become very stressed. Tiger Lily is my whole world. My cat is a loyal and loving girl and she means everything to me. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been broken only to try again because of her. My personal situation means I spend a lot of time alone and Lily makes it bearable. She will come and smother me with affection when I feel empty, she is everything to me. I was made to leave my job. I’ve tried so hard to find work but as you all know I failed. I don’t claim any sort of benefits at all. But now my baby is poorly and she needs medical treatment. I can’t afford it as i even struggle to pay for her food and litter. I am in tears while I type this, the thought of failing my Lily when she needs me is killing me. The thought of loosing her makes my heart break. She’s in pain and I can’t take it. I have borrowed money for her first appointment but I need your help for the rest. Please help me to pay her vet fees. I will show you all the paperwork from the vets. She needs to go back asap so the vet can continue her treatment. She has a heart murmur and something wrong with her intestines. I set up a gofundme account for this. If you could click on the link and donate, I would appreciate it so so much. I have included my PayPal too if anyone wants to use that. Even if you can’t donate please reblog/keep her in your thoughts and prayers. I can’t loose my cat. I can’t. Please. She is my family. I can’t do this by myself. Please Tumblr help me. Thank you for reading this.

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The fertility of enslaved women was examined by owners to make sure they were able to birth as many children as possible. Secretly, slave owners would impregnate enslaved women and when the child was born and grew to an age where he could work on the fields, they would take the “very same children (of their) own blood and make slaves out of them,” as pointed out in the National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox on Slaveholders’ Sexual Abuse of Slaves.

It was common for the slave to be subordinated sexually to the master–even men with enslaved males. It was part of the enslaved man’s function as an “animated tool,” an instrument of pleasure.

When enslaved males turned 15 years old–and younger in some cases–they had their first inspection. Boys who were under-developed, had their testicles castrated and sent to the market or used on the farm. Each enslaved male was expected to get 12 females pregnant a year. The men were used for breeding for five years. One enslaved man name Burt produced more than 200 offspring, according to the Slave Narratives.

To combat the high rate of death among the enslaved, plantation owners demanded females start having children at 13. By 20, the enslaved women would be expected to have four or five children. As an inducement, plantation owners promised freedom for enslaved female once she bore 15 children, according to Slavery in the United States by John Simkin.

If the enslaved woman was considered “pretty,” she would be bought by plantation owner and given special treatment in the house, but often subjected to horrifying cruelty by the master’s wife, including the beheading of a child because he was the product of a enslaved-master affair.

Often, the plantation owner would entertain his friends by forcing the enslaved Blacks to have orgies–multiple pairings having sex in front of them. And the white men often would participate in the debauchery. 

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