This metal mask was used during sląvery for 3 main reasons:

1) To prevent the sląves from eating fruits such as apples, pineapples, oranges, cashews, bananas, plantains and sugarcanes etc while harvesting them. They were forced to work endlessly in the plantations.

2) To stop the slàves from chanting African spiritual songs. Not only did those spiritual and war songs affect the sląve masters, but they also motivated some slàves to rèbel and fìght back, not minding losing their lives.

3) To stop slaves from teaching African local dialects (languages) to their children, which destroyed African dialects and forced them to learn foreign languages.

Last but not least, to stąrve sląves as a punishment in the sląve camps. The mask prevented them from eating or drinking. Sometimes, the slave masters would fọrced an apple into the mouths of slàves before they wore the metal mask on with the padlocks so that they couldn’t talk.

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