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Slave treatment.

Description: "Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. I was two months in bed sore from the whipping. My master come after I was whipped;he discharged the overseer. The very words of poor Peter, taken as he sat for his picture." Baton Rouge, La.,April 2, 1863.
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Credit: National Archives and Records Administration


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Images of American Political History. Posting online by Dr. William J. Ball. All images are believed to be in the public domain. Please do not contact me for permission to use them.

 

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