The Shocking Photo of 'Whipped Peter' That Made Slavery's

The widely circulated image of the enslaved man's wounds helped turn white Northerners against slavery.
The widely circulated image of the enslaved man's wounds helped turn white Northerners against slavery.
In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the nation.

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The Shocking Photo of 'Whipped Peter' That Made Slavery's Brutality Impossible to Deny / SamePassage

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