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.
Why are we always talking only about the bad effects of slavery when there were so many good?
/s if not obvious.
It's that damned Smithsonian. Always talking about how bad slavery was, none of the upside.
Think of all the cheap cotton!
And free bulter for everyone
Florida teaches that slavery 'allowed black people to learn important trades valuable in their later years'. Seriously. Yes. They do.