Trauma literature talks about the experience that goes beyond a person’s mental framework that continues to haunt them. The novel uniquely presents the psychological impact of trauma through the effects of transhistorical trauma. The present paper sheds light on the transhistorical trauma through various traumatic events such as ‘casual racism’ that happens in the life of Sethe, the protagonist. It depicts the trauma that all the characters face, taking up the scenario of a victim-turned perpetrator showing how trauma can affect people in extreme circumstances proving them to be neither innocent nor guilty.