Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana. Also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves.
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- Title
- Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana. Also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves.
- Date
- [1863]
- Notes
- Full length portrait of an African American man with a branded forehead, standing with an iron-pronged collar around his neck and wearing leg irons, other punishment devices at his feet, including a nail-studded paddle.
- "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Geo. H. Hanes in the Clerk's office of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
- Text on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted excusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans.
- Photographs shelf.
- Weld-Grimké family papers.
- Men--1860-1870.
- Slaves--1860-1870.
- Punishment devices--1860-1870.
- Punishment & torture--1860-1870.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Propaganda.
- United States--New York--New York.
- ID
- 8016
- Barcode
- B6496214
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (carte de visite format)
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2019-05-06 16:07:32
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 4148 x 2805
- File Size
- 516 KB
- Record
- 8016
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8016/wcl008082
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"Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana. Also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8016/wcl008082. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 16, 2024.