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Whipped Peter: Baton Rouge history

February 9, 2021 Zenobia Reed 1

Following a severe whipping in the fall of 1862, Gordon, known as “Whipped Peter” an enslaved man, was left with horrific scars on his back. For the next two months as he recuperated, he planned […]