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[Plate 17: Map bounded by West Street, Laight Street, Varick Street, West Broadway, Thomas Street, Duane Street; Including Caroline Street, Washington Street, Greenwich Street, Staple Street, Collister Street, Hudson Street, Jay Street, Harrison Street, Worth Street, Franklin Street, Leonard Street, North Moore Street, Beach Street, Hubert Street ]

[Plate 17: Map bounded by West Street, Laight Street, Varick Street, W...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Sometimes a slave is tied up by the wrists, while the ancles are fastened to a staple in the floor. In this position, they are punished with the whip or with the paddle. This is an instrument of torture bored full of holes, each hole raising a blister.