Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shot in 1863, "Scourged Back" was a key image in abolitionists' anti-slavery campaigns during the American Civil War. - McPherson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration is ordering national parks to remove a famous Civil War-era photo of an enslaved man’s scarred back, as ...

(CNN) — 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 ...