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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_(enslaved_man)
Jesus fuck. And we let those white supremacist slave torturing fucks walk free.
Reconstruction was too soft and ended too soon.
Andrew Johnson is top three worst presidents
Let's also not let Lincoln get away from this discussion. He absolutely did huge harm to the radical reconstruction movement, although Johnson turned that to 11. He also has an awful record in regards to indigenous peoples. (As has every president)
Yes his name should be repurposed to be defined as rancid rat shit injected in a forehead of a shitty president.
Sherman could only do so much, unfortunately
Morbidly fascinating.
I had thought the salt brine was a crude antiseptic, I hadn't realised it was intended to hurt. Perhaps both?
Note that the overseer who did the whipping in this case was terminated by the slaves owner, so while I'm sure this wasn't that uncommon, it wasn't the case for every slave.