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Gordon, an enslaved man, showing his scarred back

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Photograph taken by McPherson & Oliver, 1863

10 cm x 6.7 cm

Carte de visite printed and distributed by C. Seaver, Jun. (Boston, Mass.), circa 1863-1867
From the Dall-Healey family photographs

Photo. 69.202

Handwritten inscription on verso: "'The Peculiar Institution' Illustrated. / Copy of a photograph taken from life at Baton Rouge, La., recently, the lacerated body-months after the brutal flogging had been inflicted-having healed in the manner represented. The alleged offense was a trifling one. How noble and benignant the countenance of the victim!"