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Colored glass slide of Gordon (slave) during medical examination at a Union camp in Baton Rouge. On the verso of the mount were the comments of S. K. Towle, Surgeon, 30th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers: “…Few sensation writers ever depicted wor...
Colored glass slide of Gordon (slave) during medical examination at a Union camp in Baton Rouge. On the verso of the mount were the comments of S. K. Towle, Surgeon, 30th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers: “…Few sensation writers ever depicted worse punishments than this man must have received, though nothing in his appearance indicates any unusual viciousness—but on the contrary, he seems intelligent and well-behaved.” Photographers William D. McPherson and his partner Mr. Oliver, New Orleans - A Rolling Crone Public Domain
