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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.

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Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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1863
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Seaver, C. (Charles), Photographer
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New York Public Library
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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african americans scarifications african american men fugitive slaves punishment torture cartes de visite schomburg center for research in black culture photographs and prints division cartes de visite collection union army encampment baton rouge ultra high resolution high resolution seaver c charles photographer punishment and torture gordon slave master mississippi way union army encampment louisiana images black history month black history month scourged back rectangle trunk chest barechested room display device abdomen scourge slavery carte de visite whip american civil war abolitionism emancipation prefix cartes de visite portrait photographs whippin slaves new york public library