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The Branded Hand, c.1845 (daguerreotype)

The Branded Hand, c.1845 (daguerreotype)
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MHS175740
Image title
The Branded Hand, c.1845 (daguerreotype)
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Artist
Southworth, Albert S. (1811-94) & Hawes, Josiah (1808-1901) / American
Location
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, USA
Medium
daguerreotype
Dimensions
7.7x8.9 cms
Image description

branded on hand of Captain Jonathan W. Walker (b.1799), an ardent abolitionist; convicted and sentenced for trying to help seven escaped slaves in Florida; spent one year in solitary confinement when his hand was branded; photo commissioned by Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, a Boston abolitionist; actually right hand cos of daguerreotype process;

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© Massachusetts Historical Society / Bridgeman Images
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USA / North America / America (continent) / trade / symbolic / for slave stealer / s s / antislavery / anti-slavery / photograph / abolition of slavery / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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