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Marks of Punishment

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DS_042H477P


Item data

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

Prints

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

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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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