The Department of Interior told The Hill on Tuesday it did not direct the National Park Service (NPS) to remove a famed photo showing an enslaved man’s scars from exhibits. “I can confirm that NPS ...
Shot in 1863, "Scourged Back" was a key image in abolitionists' anti-slavery campaigns during the American Civil War. - McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art EDITOR’S NOTE: In Snap, we look at ...
The Scourged Back shows enslaved man, Peter Gordon’s, scarred skin after an untold number of lashings. The Trump administration is rumored to have ordered the removal of a Civil War artifact that ...
A haunting photo of a formerly enslaved man whose back is heavily scarred by whippings has become a new flashpoint in President Donald Trump's efforts to alter how history is presented in the United ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked ...
(CNN) — Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so ...