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2024-08-16 13:06:41 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BFE24C26FE57CD70B047EDDD31A04AB29581211DC72F25CDF86E76652022F425
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The dirt eating mask was to prevent A.A. slaves from escaping, eating crops and to humiliate them. The author of the OP claims without source that eating dirt was a common practice amongst slaves. It was not although malnutrition was common. The Mask was a torture instrument. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/horrors-slavery-1805
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