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Peter (fl.โ€‰1863) (also known as Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", or "Poor Peter") was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The "scourged back" photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most notable photos of the 19th-century United States.

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[โ€“] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

"To be fair, which country didn't have slavery" and brutalize them, so it was completely fair for the time.

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"The Africans themselves sold the slaves" Were we not supposed to buy them and use them as property? Are you serious?

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"They now live in the best country in the world, you're welcome"