Trump administration orders removal of ‘The Scourged Back’ and other relics of slavery from National Parks sites
The 1863 photograph known as “The Scourged Back” shows an escaped enslaved man named Peter, his bare back marred by raised scars from repeated whippings. When the image was first published during the Civil War, it shocked the nation, offering undeniable proof of slavery’s brutality and helping to galvanize abolitionist sentiment in the North. More […] The post Trump administration orders removal of ‘The Scourged Back’ and other relics of slavery from National Parks sites appeared first on Unite News.
The 1863 photograph known as “The Scourged Back” shows an escaped enslaved man named Peter, his bare back marred by raised scars from repeated whippings. When the image was first published during the Civil War, it shocked the nation, offering undeniable proof of slavery’s brutality and helping to galvanize abolitionist sentiment in the North. More […]
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