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Trump ERASING History By Removing Iconic Photo
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4:26Now Playing“Scourged Back,” showing the crisscrossing welts and scars on the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, stands as one of the most searing and defining photographs of the 19th century. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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"Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so widely circulated in America during the Civil War that it reshaped the abolitionist cause by laying bare the abominable cruelty of slavery to a largely oblivious northern public.
More than 160 years later, the influence of this visceral portrait — whose subject may have been called Peter or Gordon — continues to be felt. Musuems, libraries and universities across the US display historic prints of the image, which is often used to educate audiences in a country still reckoning with its past.
But amid growing political debate over how history is presented in America’s museums, the 1863 photo has become a flashpoint in the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s efforts to eradicate what it calls “corrosive ideology” from federally owned sites."
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