Slave Whipped


Whipping became ubiquitous throughout the slave plantations of the Caribbean. Men, women and even children all felt the whip for even the most marginal of infractions. This particular image is from Amelia Opie's The Black Man's Lament; or, how to make sugar


Caribbean


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