Guide said: Law in New Orleans existed that slave owners could not abuse slaves, e.g., no whipping. Also had to give Sundays off. True?
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Appeared in my twitter feed now "A former slave named Gordon shows his whipping scars.Baton Rouge, LA, 1863"
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I saw that before. Sickening. There are also horrific stories of torture and murder of slaves in New Orleans.
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Same website showed white slave children, 19th c. comments "They are white as white can be. How inhuman..."
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I wonder if Gordon was from Baton Rouge or if he fled to Baton Rouge and did Baton Rouge have laws like New Orleans.

