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Peter (fl. 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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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

destroy any pre existing system to replace it with a better system for colons

Like high fiber diets?

[–] Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The one I had in mind was the destruction of Vietnam's previous teaching system to replace it with colonial schools. It resulted in a lot less alphabetization of Viet people. Also, the roads that were built were just pipeline from plantations to ports to have the resources exported as fast as possible.

I don't know about high fiber diets

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

alphabetization of Viet people

..?

I don't know about high fiber diets

That was just a joke based on "colon"

[–] Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ccording to Tran Duc Thao, Viet Nam had a school system that provided very high alphabetization of the people. After the colonization, the old school system was wiped out and replaced by a colonial system...

That was just a joke based on the typo "colon"

I am tired

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Given that alphabetization means to order by letter of the alphabet, this doesn't clear anything up for me.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I assume it's a non-native English speaker talking about literacy. In many languages, the word for "literate" is some form of "alphabetized" (i.e. someone who knows the alphabet)