In 1807, a report of the African Institution of London described an incident in which an old woman was required to work in the field after she refused to throw salt-water and gunpowder on the wounds of other slaves who had been whipped.
A 1807 account by the African Institution of London described a scenario where an elderly woman was coerced into working outside after she refused to administer salt-water and gunpowder treatment to other slaves who had been brutally whipped.