What role did violence play in the slave society? What forms did this violence take?

Violence takes a big toll in this movie. Some forms of violence that takes place are whipping, beating, and hanging. Sometimes slaves are beaten even when they did nothing wrong. When Solomon was working under Mr. Ford, Tibeats tried to beat Solomon but Solomon quickly took his belt away from him and started whipping Tibeats with it. During Tibeats' beating, he kept apologizing to Solomon but as soon as Solomon stopped beating him he immediately threatened to murder him with whatever it takes. The next day, Solomon was dragged by Tibeats and his men in which they hung him until he had almost died. It was not until a worker came to his rescue and informed Tibeats that he could not kill Solomon for he did not pay for him. When Solomon was working under Mr. Epps, he was given an order to retrieve Patsey who had ran away. The reason for her disappearance was because she went to get a tiny bar of soap from Mistress Epps. From working in the sun all day and feeling filthy, the least she wanted was to feel sort of clean. Because of the sudden runaway, Mr. Epps was extremely furious and instructed Solomon to whip Patsey but he did not have the heart to so Mr. Epps decided to do it on his own. Many of these violent actions take place due to the other party not being able to control their fury and that is how they take out their anger.

Patsey showing Mr. Epps the soap