The Shocking Photo of 'Whipped Peter' That Made Slavery's Brutality Impossible to Deny

The widely circulated image of the enslaved man's wounds helped turn white Northerners against slavery.
The widely circulated image of the enslaved man's wounds helped turn white Northerners against slavery.
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