Mary Reynolds and Henry Smith both Afro-Americans, had one thing in common and another different. Mary was blamed for having the information of a slave boy who was hired by her master and soon ran away from there. In response to that, her master tied her and then stripped her before she was hanged in crusifiction style, feet tied together and legs spread open and beat her to death. He beated her so severly that Mary passed out. When she came back to conscience, she found herself in a bed and couldn't care less even if she was dead. Henry Smith faced the consequences of his actions from being arrested to taking revenge which costed him of his life. First he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly by a deputy policeman where he was beaten by a baton and swore to take revenge on the deputy. According to the deputy. Smith swore to taeke revenge which he did by commiting a crime on deputy's daughter which took his life. Smith was placed on a scaffold, "here the victim was tortured by a red-hot iron brand, placed against him inch by inch until they were thrust against his face" and was killed in public. He was then poured kerosene upon then burnt to ashes. The way they are similar is that they were both victims of torture in an excruciating and painful way. The difference was that they were both charged with different crimes while being punished one by a master, another by a deputy policeman.
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