Last updated: April 23, 2026
Core paradox: Time moved too slowly (endless brutal labor, waiting for freedom) AND too fast (children sold before knowing them, years disappearing into sameness, life consumed by work).
Time perception under slavery was shaped by the rhythms of plantation labor.
The bell dictating plantation time structured enslaved people's experience of duration.
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