More than the gore and abundant use of the N word, what struck me about this movie was the depiction of plantation life.  To me, it was as if Tarantino rented a time machine and transported us back to 1858.  Shown was the day to day operation of plantations and acceptance of slavery.  It was chilling to witness the mostly unprotested day to day life along with the subjugation of the field and house slaves. In my experience, it has never been exhibited so well and matter of factly. 

In the following days, I could not stop talking about this aspect of the movie. Then I mentioned it to a women form Nashville. She said some slaves had it good and stayed in the South and that they fared far better than those who went North to Chicago or Detroit. 

I held my tongue.