- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Punishment
- Date of Original:
- 1963-04-02
- Subject:
- Slaves--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Men--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
African American men--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Chairs--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Slaves--Abuse of--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Scars--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Peter, slave - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, 30.53824, -91.09562
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.18747 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- According to his testimony, the injuries sustained from a whipping by his overseer kept Peter, an enslaved man, bedridden for two months.
Photograph of an enslaved man named Peter, photographed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. He sits in a chair, shirtless. He faces away. His back is covered in scars from the severe lashings he endured by a plantation overseer. According to his testimony, the injuries sustained from this whipping kept him bedridden for two months. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-in-antebellum-georgia/m-3679/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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