We mark'd the slaves [whom] we had bought on the breast or shoulder with a hot iron, having the ship's name on it, the place being before anointed with a little palm oil, which caused but little pain, the mark being usually well in four or five days.
The iron must also be cleaned and reheated before branding another slave...
As you purchase slaves, you must mark them at the upper right arm.
The area of marking must first be rubbed with candle wax or oil; the marker should only be as hot as when applied to paper the paper gets hot...
The surgeon stamps the slave on the right shoulder with an iron which gives him the mark of the shippers and the ship --- it will never come off.
Be sure to tie the slave tight to the branding rack. ... Give Your slave the opportunity to recover from the branding. ...
Branding to the left shoulder, heating the mark red hot and rubbing the part first with a little palm or other oil and taking off the mark pretty quick, and rubbing the place again with oil...
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Just a bunch of cowardly lousy bastards...then and now.
You know... That's a lot better title to this post than I thought of...
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