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DescriptionCicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.jpg
English: Scars of a whipped Mississippi slave, photo taken (April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Original caption: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; he discharged the overseer. The very words of poor Peter, taken as he sat for his picture."
Français : Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave, (2 avril 1863, Bâton-Rouge, Louisiane, États-Unis). Légende originale : « Le contremaître Artayou Carrier m'a fouetté. À la suite de cette flagellation, j'ai du garder le lit pendant deux mois. Mon maître est venu après que j'ai été fouetté ; il a licencié le contremaître. Ce sont les propres paroles du malheureux Peter alors qu'il posait pour la photo. »
العربية: عبد تظهر على ظهره ندوب متقاطعة ناتجة عن الضرب، 1863.
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Archive national des États-Unis - National Archives and Records Administration
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Description : Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave (2 avril 1863, Baton Rouge, États-Unis)<br> Source : Archive national des États-Unis - National Archives and Records Administration (http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail193.html)<br> Li
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Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped; he discharged the overseer. The very words of poor Peter, taken as he sat for his picture. Baton Rouge, La., April 2, 1863. (War Dept.)
NARA FILE #: 165-JT-230
WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 109
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WAR & CONFLICT BOOK
ERA: CIVIL WAR/BACKGROUND: SLAVERY & ABOLITIONISM