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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

National park to remove exhibit of famed photograph showing former slave’s scarred back, says report

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically scarred back that shocked white Americans across the Union.

Now that photo is among dozens of exhibits about slavery at several national parks, which have reportedly been ordered removed by the Trump administration.

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