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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.

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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.

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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.
Names
Seaver, C. (Charles) (Photographer)
Collection

Cartes-de-visite collection

Dates / Origin
Date Captured: 1863
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Topics
African Americans
Scarifications
African American men
Fugitive slaves
Punishment & torture -- African-Americans
Genres
Cartes de visite
Photographs
Notes
Content: Photograph by C. Seaver, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1864, after McPherson & Oliver, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.
Biographical/historical: Gordon the Slave escaped a cotton plantation, between present day Krotz Springs and Melville, Louisiana. Plantation owner was Captain John Lyons. Overseer Artayou Carrier, whipped Gordon while his master was away.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ae7d4720-c6ca-012f-fcaa-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1863: Captured
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7d4720-c6ca-012f-fcaa-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 3, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7d4720-c6ca-012f-fcaa-58d385a7bc34

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7d4720-c6ca-012f-fcaa-58d385a7bc34

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The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.