Enslavers stripped captives of language and religion through torture called seasoning

Evidence

This process was called seasoning, in which people stolen from western and central Africa were forced, often through torture, to stop speaking their native tongues and practicing their native religions. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 168

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘seasoning’ — the process by which enslaved Africans were stripped of individual identity to be turned into property.