Biography of american slavery images
Slavery in america
Biography of american slavery images...
Whipped mercilessly, worked to the bone in cotton fields and warned police will hunt them down if they escape: Incredible images show the brutal reality of slaves in America on the anniversary of the end of the brutal practice
These fascinating pictures from 150 years ago show the brutal reality endured by slaves in America.
They resurfaced on the 153rd anniversary of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery being signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on February 1, 1865.
That came two years after President Lincoln declared slaves in designated areas of the South free with his Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
But this series of images show what life was like for slaves before the institution was abolished.
This horrific image shows the criss-crossing scars inflicted on one slave who was freed from a plantation in Louisiana
Some show the back-breaking work of picking cotton on plantations in Georgia, with another horrific image shows the criss-crossing