This happened according to William Sherman in his 1979 Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth-Century Central America. Fortunately, the Spanish Crown banned the branding natives on their faces later that year, in 1532. by ByzantineBomb
AcceptableWheel on January 28, 2026 10:12 pm Why would you brand a person with a mark of non slavery? A mark of slavery I get, I don’t support, but I do understand why someone would do that.
Isgrimnur on January 28, 2026 10:13 pm Great effort but terrible execution. I can see where it solves the issue of proving that you’ve been freed, but DAMN!
AgreeablePie on January 28, 2026 11:08 pm “hey, uh, is it alright if I just have it put on my hand instead?”
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Why would you brand a person with a mark of non slavery? A mark of slavery I get, I don’t support, but I do understand why someone would do that.
Great effort but terrible execution.
I can see where it solves the issue of proving that you’ve been freed, but DAMN!
“hey, uh, is it alright if I just have it put on my hand instead?”
How were those people treated after being freed?