Timeline for Has old masonry been found with the bodies of slaves inside?
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| Jun 18, 2023 at 5:15 | comment | added | Mark | I'd believe it for rubble-core masonry -- there are almost certainly workers entombed in city walls somewhere -- but not for the solid masonry being described here. | |
| Jun 17, 2023 at 23:44 | comment | added | Curious Layman | I added the extended quote. It makes me think the story about the slave popping out was real, while talking about the other stones was metaphorical. | |
| Jun 17, 2023 at 23:43 | history | edited | Curious Layman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2023 at 1:29 | comment | added | Curious Layman | @T.E.D. points two and three are perfectly valid. As for point 1, I was not imagining a slaveowner HIDING the body. I would have figured it either happened to carelessness and no one noticed, or it was intentional, and while the stone layers may not have known about such a debacle, while the driver and all the other workers were aware. So, if true, I would tend to think it's a blatant action. Not one meant to hide the body. I believe you may be correct on counts 1&2, though. Also, does anyone know if hewing a rock is loud or not? | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 13:52 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | The issues I have with this are: 1) Killing your slave wasn't considered murder, so why bother hiding the body? 2) Cement blocks used in building construction aren't typically anywhere near that large. 3) When blocks were that large, I'm pretty sure they were usually quarried limestone (not manufactured or limestone cement). | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 13:39 | answer | added | justCal | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 12:56 | comment | added | Spencer | @justCal Care to post an answer? | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 10:39 | answer | added | Ne Mo | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 7:57 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 14, 2023 at 4:30 | comment | added | Curious Layman | @Jos No one is claiming any sort of human sacrifice occurred. Where did you get that? Did i imply that somewhere? | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 4:28 | comment | added | Curious Layman | @justCal I think you are correct. I don't know how I missed the part where he says it's an anecdote. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 4:28 | comment | added | Jos | I understand that this supposedly happened in a building in America, likely after the revolution. The idea that slaves were sacrificed seems somewhat far fetched. Human sacrifice went out of fashion before Rome converted to Christianity. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 4:21 | comment | added | Curious Layman | @justCal I thought that was possible, but it seems unlikely just because of how this was set up. You could be correct, though. But when I read all the stuff before and after, I think this slightly less likely. The unnamed correspondent is talking about the horrors of slavery. I also thought it was possible he meant this story literally, but the other ones were figuratively. I can't tell, though. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 4:17 | history | edited | Curious Layman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 14, 2023 at 3:12 | comment | added | shoover | Citation: BROOKS, S., Chr'm., & DOAN, T., Cl'rk. (1820, April 30). To the "Modern Listner". Emancipator, 5+. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 2:51 | comment | added | justCal | I think you are taking this too literally. Think along the line of the cornerstone of society has been built (in a very unchristian manner) upon the bodies of dead slaves. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 1:42 | history | asked | Curious Layman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |