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There are three variations of the "scourged back" picture, showing minor adjustments, which indicates that the photographers or their patrons were aware of the impact of the image and "revised" the pose to improve it. [5] Negatives for the first two images may have been exposed on the same day, while the third photo was taken at a later time. [5]
English: Scars of a whipped enslaved man from Mississippi, photo taken April 2, 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Original caption: "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."
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Description: American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist: Date of birth/death: 18 May 1822 : 15 January 1896 : Location of birth/death
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