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The photograph of Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his whipping scars was originally published as wood engravings in Harper’s Weekly on July 4, 1863. The images, derived from carte de visite photos taken by photographers William D. McPherson and Mr. Oliver in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, appeared in a special Independence Day feature alongside an account of Gordon’s escape from slavery.
No doubt it was to stir up white guilt and used as propaganda for the North to continue the Civil War. The photo might have been in Louisiana, but the paper is out of New York.
>The photograph of Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his whipping scars was originally published as wood engravings in Harper’s Weekly on July 4, 1863. The images, derived from carte de visite photos taken by photographers William D. McPherson and Mr. Oliver in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, appeared in a special Independence Day feature alongside an account of Gordon’s escape from slavery.
No doubt it was to stir up white guilt and used as propaganda for the North to continue the Civil War. The photo might have been in Louisiana, but the paper is out of New York.
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