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Owners of enslaved people could legally use them as sexual objects. Therefore, slavery in the United States encompassed wide-ranging rape and sexual abuse, including many [[forced pregnancy|forced pregnancies]], in order to produce children for sale.[ Many slaves fought back against sexual attacks, and some died resisting them; others were left with psychological and physical scars.][Marable, p 74] Historian [[Nell Irvin Painter]] describes the effects of this abuse as "soul murder".[{{cite book|last=Painter|first=Nell Irvin|title=Soul Murder and Slavery|publisher=Markham Press Fund|year=1995|isbn=978-0918954626|page=7|quote= child abuse, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape, battering. Psychologists aggregate the effects of these all-too-familiar practices in the phrase "soul murder"}}] |
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Owners of enslaved people could legally use them as sexual objects. Therefore, slavery in the United States encompassed wide-ranging rape and sexual abuse, including many [[forced pregnancy|forced pregnancies]], in order to produce children for sale.[ Many slaves fought back against sexual attacks, and some died resisting them; others were left with psychological and physical scars.][Marable, p 74] Historian [[Nell Irvin Painter]] describes the effects of this abuse as "soul murder".[{{cite book|last=Painter|first=Nell Irvin|title=Soul Murder and Slavery|publisher=Markham Press Fund|year=1995|isbn=978-0918954626|page=7|quote= child abuse, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape, battering. Psychologists aggregate the effects of these all-too-familiar practices in the phrase "soul murder"}}] |
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