United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, 30.53824, -91.09562United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.187471963-04-02According 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSlaves--Louisiana--Baton RougeMen--Louisiana--Baton RougeAfrican American men--Louisiana--Baton RougeChairs--Louisiana--Baton RougeSlaves--Abuse of--Louisiana--Baton RougeScars--Louisiana--Baton RougePeter, slavePunishmentStillImage