Black history with Miss Esther Slavery in America Pt.4

For white Southerners and enslaved Black people, the sight of a back like Peter’s was chillingly commonplace. For white Northerners, though, Peter’s scourged body made slavery's brutality impossible to deny. It remains one of the era’s best known—and most appalling—images. For enslaved African Americans, the ideal of marriage as an enduring lifelong bond was rarely an option. When couples stood before clergy or other officiants, they couldn’t share the traditional, age-old promises of permanent fidelity because their vows had a built-in asterisk: “Do you take this woman or this man to be your spouse—until death or distance do you part?” (Music, Lyrics and beats for Listen Up Listen In podcast J jig Cicero, JustAC and Thaibeats) https://anchor.fm/b-d92/message