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Slavery, Escaped Slave Whipped Pete,1863

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Title: Slavery, Escaped Slave Whipped Pete,1863

Caption: Escaped slave Gordon, also known as Whipped Peter, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Images of Gordon's scourged back appeared in a Harper's Weekly and inspired many free blacks to enlist in the Union Army. McPherson & Oliver, April 2, 1863.

Credit: Album / Science Source / Library of Congress

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Image size: 2980 × 4800 px | 40.9 MB

Print size: 25.2 × 40.6 cm | 1173.2 × 1889.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 17TH CENTURY • 1863 • AFRICAN-AMERICAN • AMERICA • AMERICAN CIVIL WAR • ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE • BLACK MAN • BW • CRUELTY • HISTORY • INFAMOUS • MAN • MEN • PHOTO • PUNISHMENT • SCARRED • SLAVE CODES • SLAVE • SLAVERY • USA • WHIPPED PETE