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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It is sickening. I'm leery of people who say that there were no abuse of slaves, or "We treat our domestics humanely!"

