Time and time again, the horrifying experiences of enslaved Africans working on plantations in the Americas and other parts of the world are told over and over.
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During the slave trade, which lasted for well over 400 years, Africans were captured and chained down, forced onto ships and taken into new lands against their will. Through their harrowing experiences on the ships, many of the enslaved Africans died before reaching their new
homes. For the many who survived, it was the beginning of sleepless nights, several hours of work on plantations on empty stomachs and the constant reminder that in their new lives they were nothing but a commodity to their owners.
To inform people about the black experience during the slavery years, much research has been done to help bring light to the accounts. Revelations on how men & women were used as sex toys, forced to breastfeed white babies as well as experiences of slaves both on ships
and in the fields just to mention a few have all been brought to light. However, it seems that much emphasis is either on the general enslavement or the experiences of women during slavery.
Much focus has been drifted away from the experiences of the enslaved who besides the harsh working hours had horrifying experiences if their own.
Shockingly, the raping of enslaved men was as prevalent as the raping of enslaved women, however, the issue of enslaved men as rape victims has been mainly undiscovered due to the fact that men were generally shy to voice out that they had been raped by male