Thursday, February 2, 2012

In Honor of Black History Month

Just a sampling of famous African descendants from the twentieth century

 This is Peter, a slave from Baton Rouge louisiana who shows the scars of abuse routinely suffered by many slaves in America
 Notice the shackles on Wilson Chinn's ankles

Slave cabins in Savannah Georgia

 A gathering of plantation slaves

 Five generations of the same slave family represented in this picture
 Slaves preparing cotton for the cotton gin
Slaves escaping across the Rappahannock  River

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