“Added to the shock of the routine violation of their bodies was the trauma of having to relinquish their children to unknown slave-holders. [W.E.B.] Du Bois considered this physical, mental, and spiritual abuse of black women--with its inevitable result being the destruction of the traditional African family--the highest crime committed by slave-holders and the one thing for which he said he could not forgive them.” Wisdom QuotesForgivenessSlaveryHuman TraffickingAfrican American WomenPhysical AbuseCrimes Against HumanityWomen In HistorySlavery In The United StatesHuman BondageSex TraffickingPsychological TraumaHeinous CrimesPostered Poetics By AberjhaniInternational Women S DayForced LaborDay To End RacismW E B Du BoisWomen S History MonthAbuse Of WomenAfrican FamiliesHistory Of AfricansHistory Of SlaveryQuotation Poster ArtSlave HoldersWeb DuboisWomen And Human TraffickingWomen Around The World Book:The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois Source: The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois