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Screenshot of a false X post from a user with the username “@LeroyGenki29274” that reads: “I love this image so much because this dude was beaten like this for killing a little black girl by other blacks and not a single person will care they’ll just post it hoping no one looks up the context” Attached is an image of a formerly enslaved Black man showing severe scarring on his back.

Formerly Enslaved Man Did Not Kill a Little Girl

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The man in the photo was beaten by Black people after killing a little girl.

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The man in this photo did not kill a little girl.

He was a formerly enslaved man, known as Peter, who escaped a Louisiana plantation in 1863 and enlisted in the Union Army.

His horrific injuries were inflicted by the overseer at the plantation.

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