Gordon
American enslaved man
Peter was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery.
Gordon is read about 470 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Although keloid scarring was not a usual consequence of whipping, the "scourged back" photo became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most notable photos of the 19th-century United States.
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Deceased