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Florida history lesson: Slavery as an unpaid internship? | Editorial
Here is why Florida’s new guidelines for teaching African American history need some work.
 
Abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass did not smile in his portraits. There is a reason why: the nature of slavery itself. To understand, look at this famous photo of a former slave showing the scars on his back from being whipped. That picture was taken in 1863 after he had escaped to become a Union soldier during the Civil War.
Abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass did not smile in his portraits. There is a reason why: the nature of slavery itself. To understand, look at this famous photo of a former slave showing the scars on his back from being whipped. That picture was taken in 1863 after he had escaped to become a Union soldier during the Civil War. [ Times files ]
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