““Those who tried to escape received the customary punishment, as Nicholson harrowingly described: After they had stripped the sufferer naked, they inserted the iron pointed stake into the lower termination of the vertebrae, and thence forced it up near his back bone, until it appeared between the shoulders, avoiding the vital parts. The stake was then raised in the air and the poor sufferer exposed to the view of the other slaves, writhing in…insupportable agony.””
![“The slaves destroyed tirelessly. Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way, the destruction of what they knew was the cause of their sufferings; and if they destroyed much it was because they had suffered much. [...] Now…” quote by C.L.R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b36/c-l-r-james-2-44901_quote_the-slaves-destroyed-tirelessly-like-the_2261791.jpg)
![“detested the missionaries who made people “permanently miserable by telling them…how blissful a place heaven is, and [how] nearly impossible it is to get there.” quote by Michael B. Oren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39f/michael-b-oren-42234_quote_detested-the-missionaries-who-made-peopl_1491962.jpg)
