Marks of Punishment
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Title
Marks of Punishment
Collection
Print Collection
Slavery
Slaves.
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1866
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Subjects
Slavery
Richmond (Va.)
Scarification (Body marking)
Women domestics
Punishment & torture
Slavery -- United States
Social history
Genres
Notes
Content: Images of African Americans in the 19th Century
Content: From a photograph by Mathew Brady.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11486940
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60e6e980-c5f5-012f-7f4a-58d385a7bc34
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Marks of Punishment" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60e6e980-c5f5-012f-7f4a-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1866). Marks of Punishment Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60e6e980-c5f5-012f-7f4a-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Marks of Punishment" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60e6e980-c5f5-012f-7f4a-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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