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December 15, 2012

Slave lashed

An American slave displays the marks of severe lashing, one of the forms of punishment most commonly used in the sugar plantations of Antigua.

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  1. yinka kareem says:
    February 6, 2013 at 9:01 am

    Before I thought National Geographic was the most exciting for my sole on earth but my reading of Smithsonian has proved me wrong!!

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