Trump administration orders removal of ‘The Scourged Back’ and other relics of slavery from National Parks sites
President Donald Trump. “The Scourged Back.” (Photo credit: Getty Images) The removal stems from Executive Order 14253, signed on March 27, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The 1863 photograph known as “The Scourged Back” shows an escaped enslaved man named Peter, his bare back marred by raised scars from repeated whippings. When…
