Slavery 150 Years Ago: Whipped Mercilessly, Worked To The Bone In Cotton Fields And Warned Police Will Hunt Them Down If They Escape
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A series of images show the everyday life of slaves in the United States before its abolition
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One shows the scars inflicted on the back of one slave while others show them working in cotton fields
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They resurfaced on the 153rd anniversary of the 13th Amendment being signed into law by Abraham Lincoln
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The 13th Amendment, which passed two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, abolished slavery
Source: DailyMail
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