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Barbarous mode of punishing a slave with the paddle
Down came the brutal lash - Drawing. Public domain image.

Down came the brutal lash - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Rapunzel. - A drawing of a man laying on the ground next to a woman
Francisco Goya - Lo merecia. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Francisco Goya - Lo merecia. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Apollo with a knife is about to flay Marsyas, who is tied to a tree

Apollo with a knife is about to flay Marsyas, who is tied to a tree

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Whites stoning Negro to death

Whites stoning Negro to death

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Breaking the joints and mutilating Negro slaves condemned to death by torture.

Breaking the joints and mutilating Negro slaves condemned to death by ...

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Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

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Saigon.  Théâtre Annamite (scène de la Cadouille).

Saigon. Théâtre Annamite (scène de la Cadouille).

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Adonibezek justly requited - Wonders of the Ancient World

Adonibezek justly requited - Wonders of the Ancient World

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Superbus Marsyas a phoebo excoriatur

Superbus Marsyas a phoebo excoriatur

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A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound prisoners forward.]

A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound pri...

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The Resurrectionist Receives One Hundred Lashes At The Hands Of His Deliverers And Judges.

The Resurrectionist Receives One Hundred Lashes At The Hands Of His De...

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White man whipping a black woman tied to a pole
The Bastinado. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Bastinado. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Francisco Goya - Por que? - Public domain  drawing

Francisco Goya - Por que? - Public domain drawing

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A fact with a short commentary - Public domain dedication image

A fact with a short commentary - Public domain dedication image

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The brutal whipping of Matt. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The brutal whipping of Matt. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Prometheus. - Wonders of the Ancient World

Prometheus. - Wonders of the Ancient World

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Slave being whipped with paddle, Female slave on her knees pleading
For a standish for pen inks & paper wch; allso may sarve for a comb box[sic] [...]

For a standish for pen inks & paper wch; allso may sarve for a comb bo...

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Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de divers hypogées.

Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de diver...

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Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing morning, by the side of the road, dead!

Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing mo...

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Francisco Goya - Que hai que hacer mas?

Francisco Goya - Que hai que hacer mas?

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They might see him hanging at the yard-arm.

They might see him hanging at the yard-arm.

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The strangling, by Pizarro, of the Inca Atahualpa.

The strangling, by Pizarro, of the Inca Atahualpa.

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Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

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The Electrocuting Chair. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Electrocuting Chair. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Verbrecher, den wilden Thieren überliefert

Verbrecher, den wilden Thieren überliefert

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One of the atrocious methods of killing slaves pictured by Stedman; Hanging them up by a hook to die of thirst and famine.

One of the atrocious methods of killing slaves pictured by Stedman; Ha...

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Every soul on board was blind.

Every soul on board was blind.

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Female slave tied to a tree and being whipped by overseer, Female slave being beaten by her mistress
Scene in the slave pen at Washington.
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Héliodore flagellé - Wonders of the Ancient World
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

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Garroting of the Cuban patriot General Goicouria, at Havana, May 7, 1870.

Garroting of the Cuban patriot General Goicouria, at Havana, May 7, 18...

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The third conversion of England

The third conversion of England

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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.

The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave w...

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After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Execution uber sodomitigsc der Statt Brug

Execution uber sodomitigsc der Statt Brug

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Bentheus à Bacchis discerpitur

Bentheus à Bacchis discerpitur

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Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby.]

Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby.]

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[Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher]
On rencontre ces caravanes marchant sur de longues files.

On rencontre ces caravanes marchant sur de longues files.

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For drawers for cabbinets to be placed according to yor fancy. [sic]

For drawers for cabbinets to be placed according to yor fancy. [sic]

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After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
The execution of Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant and Ralph Sherwin

The execution of Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant and Ralph Sherwin

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Slaves being whipped with paddle and whip
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Boutique de Cordonnier. - Engraving, Public domain image

Boutique de Cordonnier. - Engraving, Public domain image

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Das Martern und Hinrichten der Kriegsgefangenen

Das Martern und Hinrichten der Kriegsgefangenen

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They were seen to throw slaves overboard shackled together.

They were seen to throw slaves overboard shackled together.

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After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody