Forgotten History: Thousands of Enslaved African American Bodies Found in Mississippi

The Devil’s Punch Bowl

When you think about concentration camps, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Nazi Germany. But, America had a concentration camp of its own. And its story is so horrifying, it’s been erased from history.

This is the Devil’s Punch Bowl, in Natchez, Mississippi. From above, it looks like a jungle. From below, it is a lush green forest waiting to be explored.

But, here, there is a dirty secret that’s been intentionally buried by historians and mainstream media. American death camps. Thousands of freed Black slaves were held in this concentration camp and treated in the most gruesome ways possible. Experts estimate that in just 1 year, more than 20,000 free Black people died here.

But, much of its history remains a mystery. Even to this day. Here is the true story of The Devil’s Punch Bowl, Natchez, Mississippi.

In school, we are taught that in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation set African Americans in rebel states free. Later, after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment liberated all…