He was born a free man in New York. A violinist. A husband. A father. Then two men offered him work… and everything changed. Drugged. Chained. Sold into slavery. For 12 years, Solomon Northup fought to survive. Then this happened... 💡 The true story that exposed the brutality of slavery to the world. 🎬 Watch his story now. 👇 Do you think stories like his changed minds? #SolomonNorthup #12YearsASlave #SlaveryHistory #TrueStory #AmericanHistory

J. Marion Sims — "father of modern gynecology" — developed his surgical techniques on enslaved Black women without anesthesia. One woman, Anarcha, was operated on at least 30 times. Once perfected, the same procedure was performed on white women — with anesthesia. The racial pain bias this was built on has been documented in modern medicine. #nowaythisisreal #truestory #blackhistory #injustice #slavetrade