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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] The original images of Peter and Gordon, and at least two other known photos of contrabands photographed by McPherson & Oliver, were taken in a "makeshift studio with a hanging sheet for a backdrop and bare ground". [21]
Medical examination photo of Gordon showing his scourged back, widely distributed by Abolitionists to expose the brutality of slavery. A scourge is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification. It is usually made of leather.
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The lens is focused automatically by means of the camera's hardware and firmware, to obtain optimum sharpness of an image. [4] AF-L or AFL: Autofocus lock. Locks a particular focus setting, preventing refocusing if the scene changes. [4] AoV: Angle of view. Describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. APEX
In Trinidad and Tobago, the Corporal Punishment Act 1953 allows the High Court to order males, in addition to another punishment (often concurrent with a prison term), to undergo corporal punishment in the form of either a 'flogging' with a knotted cat o' nine tails (made of cords, as in the Royal Navy tradition) or a 'whipping' with a 'rod' [i ...
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Belting is the use of belts made of strong materials (usually leather) as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities). Although also used in educational institutions [1] as a disciplinary measure, it has most often been applied domestically by parents.
There was a form of whipping called hand sawing: "Jones figured that 'hand-sawing' probably meant 'a beating administered with the toothed-edge of a saw'." [10] In November 1838, J. R. Long reported that a slave who had run away from his plantation had been caught. He added: "I gave him a real whipping and hand sawing and he has been a fine ...