Whip Scars On Back at Rosetta Prather blog

Whip Scars On Back. The image of gordon sitting with his back scarred from whipping remains one of the most visually arresting depictions of slavery. It demonstrated how photography as a medium could shape history and galvanize support for the abolitionist cause. He had trekked 80 miles to freedom and his story was quickly published in magazines — along with this photo of his gruesome injuries. The photos of peter the slave's scars helped to galvanize support for emancipation and the union war effort, which had been waning after devastating defeats at. Also known as whipped peter, an escaped slave named gordon posed for a portrait in 1863 that revealed the scars on his scourged back and exposed slavery's horrors. The image of whipped peter and his scarred back, along with the narrative of his escape, left a profound impact on the american public. Though his skin had been flayed open dozens of times by the sting of a whip and then painfully scarred over, gordon, an escaped enslaved man, posed defiantly for a portrait in 1863. [escaped slave gordon, also known as whipped peter, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, baton rouge, louisiana] names mcpherson & oliver,.

He had trekked 80 miles to freedom and his story was quickly published in magazines — along with this photo of his gruesome injuries. It demonstrated how photography as a medium could shape history and galvanize support for the abolitionist cause. The photos of peter the slave's scars helped to galvanize support for emancipation and the union war effort, which had been waning after devastating defeats at. The image of gordon sitting with his back scarred from whipping remains one of the most visually arresting depictions of slavery. Also known as whipped peter, an escaped slave named gordon posed for a portrait in 1863 that revealed the scars on his scourged back and exposed slavery's horrors. Though his skin had been flayed open dozens of times by the sting of a whip and then painfully scarred over, gordon, an escaped enslaved man, posed defiantly for a portrait in 1863. [escaped slave gordon, also known as whipped peter, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, baton rouge, louisiana] names mcpherson & oliver,. The image of whipped peter and his scarred back, along with the narrative of his escape, left a profound impact on the american public.

Whip Scars On Back The photos of peter the slave's scars helped to galvanize support for emancipation and the union war effort, which had been waning after devastating defeats at. [escaped slave gordon, also known as whipped peter, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, baton rouge, louisiana] names mcpherson & oliver,. It demonstrated how photography as a medium could shape history and galvanize support for the abolitionist cause. Though his skin had been flayed open dozens of times by the sting of a whip and then painfully scarred over, gordon, an escaped enslaved man, posed defiantly for a portrait in 1863. Also known as whipped peter, an escaped slave named gordon posed for a portrait in 1863 that revealed the scars on his scourged back and exposed slavery's horrors. The image of whipped peter and his scarred back, along with the narrative of his escape, left a profound impact on the american public. The image of gordon sitting with his back scarred from whipping remains one of the most visually arresting depictions of slavery. The photos of peter the slave's scars helped to galvanize support for emancipation and the union war effort, which had been waning after devastating defeats at. He had trekked 80 miles to freedom and his story was quickly published in magazines — along with this photo of his gruesome injuries.