Peter (fl. 1863) (also known as Gordon, or “Whipped Peter”, or “Poor Peter”) was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The “scourged back” photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most notable photos of the 19th-century United States.

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    When France colonized Africa and Asia, it was to build roads and schools for them, to free woman from the barbaric Islamic veil. And we only did nice things:

    • gas civilians
    • nuclear test in Algeria
    • destroy any pre existing system to replace it with a better system for colons
    • basic exploitation and segregation Those were wonderful year

    /s I hate that we have similar politicians trying to reinstate colonization propaganda in school programs

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      4 months ago

      destroy any pre existing system to replace it with a better system for colons

      Like high fiber diets?

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        The one I had in mind was the destruction of Vietnam’s previous teaching system to replace it with colonial schools. It resulted in a lot less alphabetization of Viet people. Also, the roads that were built were just pipeline from plantations to ports to have the resources exported as fast as possible.

        I don’t know about high fiber diets