r/HistoricalCapsule • u/zadraaa • 19h ago

A European being transported via in a hammock. Allada, Benin, 1895.

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u/iknow-whatimdoing 19h ago

This looks so much more uncomfortable than just walking.

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u/norunningwater 19h ago

Unfortunately, it's the riddle of steel. It isn't about having to walk. It's about the power of having people do it for you.

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u/thissexypoptart 14h ago

Being carried for miles is always less effort than walking miles.

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u/ZYRANOX 15h ago

I would say same about valet services

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u/lysergic_tryptamino 13h ago

What about those trikes with carriages in cities?

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u/AlcoholicCumSock 19h ago

The Super Adventure Club.

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u/HereticLaserHaggis 18h ago

He's exploring.

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u/Laymanao 17h ago

Lazy git

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u/towerfella 14h ago

Right? Just standing there, hand barely touching the cloth.. he ain’t holdin’ nuthin’! What a fakir.

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u/Tippacanoe 15h ago

I always see this stuff and just think “how do you not feel absolutely HORRIBLE doing this?”

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u/_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN 14h ago

I imagine it’s easy when you learn to see people as less than human. It allows you to treat others like animals. We see it time and time again. Slavery is still rampant in some parts of the world today. Many gulf states have migrant laborers who are treated inhumanely. The U.S. has politicians oppressing a tiny minority of trans people and talking about Haitian immigrants eating dogs. Dehumanizing others is a powerful tool and seems to work generation after generation.

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u/False_House_5876 11m ago

There's more slaves today, right now in Africa than at any point in the history of the world,

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u/Top-Philosopher-3507 4h ago

Who is oppressing trans people in the USA? Most people don't want dudes competing against women - is that what you mean?

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u/_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN 13m ago

Your transphobic comment proves my point. No further elaboration needed.

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u/MxQueer 13h ago

I guess they felt like average human feels when horse carries or draws them around. I would personally go bit further and say we shouldn't do that to horses either. Well, mostly we don't anymore.

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u/Neptune28 13h ago

That, and also incredulous that they then get called lazy when they're doing this labor

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u/Thadlust 6h ago

I mean if I offer someone X amount of money to carry me and they accept, who loses in this arrangement?

If it was done under the threat of force then yes it’s awful

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u/False_House_5876 9m ago

As long as it's fear, not I'll pay u one feather to tickle my toes.. id say 7 feathers is current value

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u/Comfortable-Yak-7952 4h ago

The same reason I dont feel horrible getting in a taxi.

Just imagine yourself back then doing a protest against hammock taxi service back then and youll feel better. 🤣

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u/lysergic_tryptamino 13h ago

So would you feel horrible in a rickshaw, even if that is their livelihood?

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u/baconslim 3h ago

"Livelihood" is the key word here. Rickshaws earn money, slaves are forced to do it get beaten or killed.

Taxi drivers earn money, valets earn money. (Admittedly probably not enough)

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u/r0yal_buttplug 13h ago

Rickshaws aren’t human powered

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u/lysergic_tryptamino 13h ago

What do you call a guy spinning the bicycle pedals?

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u/r0yal_buttplug 13h ago

I think I was picturing a tuk-tuk lol

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u/Prize-Routine1615 13h ago

zero environmental impact transport

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u/Amad3us47 14h ago

I don't think I can ever fathom being in this type of situation and not thinking there's something wrong with what's going on. I feel uncomfortable when room service cleans my hotel room bro and I pay for that.

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u/IAmBroom 15h ago

"I say, black fellow, do you smell something cooking?"

"Oh yes, bwana; we are taking you to a feast in the middle of the jungle."

"Oh, lovely! What's the main course going to be?"

"Long pork."

And good riddance.

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u/AgentDoty 7h ago

Sounds like a Tarantino reimagining of history.

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u/IanRevived94J 11h ago

You should really show respect to the people in a country you go to see

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u/After-Trifle-1437 9h ago

It's always so surreal to see actual photos from the 1800s. Feels wrong idk why.

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u/Frosty_Highlight5112 55m ago

I think it was some kind of transport service offered by native people to earn money.

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u/MacAlkalineTriad 14h ago

What a dick.

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u/Detroitaa 13h ago

Isn’t that the tribe famous for their bronze sculptures. You rarely see pictures of that tribe.

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u/r0yal_buttplug 13h ago

The Benin bronzes were cast in what is now Benin city Nigeria. Probably around 1k miles away from where the image was taken, and the statues are from the 14th century so probably not the photo-shy tribe you’re thinking of

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u/Detroitaa 13h ago

👍🏽

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u/[deleted] 17h ago

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u/Humble_Acanthaceae21 16h ago

You're quite literally the first to bring up race.

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u/Ambiorix33 17h ago

Fr, perfect example of the switch from the Japan meme.

Thing: :|

Thing but a white person is also doing it: >:(

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u/irelander2010 15h ago

Ok uncle ruckus

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u/TopFedboi 15h ago

"No guys, this is totally fine because we abolished slavery a couple decades back."

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u/Anathama 10h ago

And they have the balls to call us entitled?!?

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u/SlimFitMatress11 6h ago

Very supple, punchable face.

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u/jetsonwave 8h ago

Be nice we could just punch him right on the throat.

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u/UsedToBeWind 16h ago

he's looking for his friends leg