Whipped Peter Cause of Death: The Mystery of the Escaped Slave Who Became a Symbol of Freedom
Whipped Peter, also known as Gordon, was an enslaved man who escaped from a plantation in Louisiana in 1863 and joined the Union Army during the Civil War. His horrific scars from the brutal whippings he endured became a powerful image of the cruelty of slavery and the courage of resistance. But what happened to … Read more