Locked in a Cellar for 12 Years What Came Out Was Not Human
In 1859, a Virginia plantation owner named Thomas Ruddled made a decision that would haunt generations. Silas, an enslaved man, was not sent to prison for what he had done. Instead, Thomas locked him in a cellar beneath the kitchen house, where Silas would spend the next 12 years in total darkness. The silence that … Read more