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American Civil War (1861–1865).

Peter, a slave from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. The scars are a result of a severe whipping by his overseer. This man's name is also given as 'Gordon'. See University of Virginia Website - Harper's Weekly, 4 July 1863.See also: Slavery in the United States.Slavery was one of many issues that led to the secession of Southern states from the United States of America (the 'Union') and their formation of the Confederate States of America.
Peter, a slave from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. The scars are a result of a severe whipping by his overseer. This man's name is also given as 'Gordon'. See University of Virginia Website - Harper's Weekly, 4 July 1863.
See also: Slavery in the United States.
Slavery was one of many issues that led to the secession of Southern states from the United States of America (the 'Union') and their formation of the Confederate States of America.
Dead Union soldiers on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — photographed 5 July or 6 July, 1863, during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Dead Union soldiers on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — photographed 5 July or 6 July, 1863, during the American Civil War (1861–1865).