(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 ...

The Scourged Back shows enslaved man, Peter Gordon’s, scarred skin after an untold number of lashings. The Trump administration is rumored to have ordered the removal of a Civil War artifact that ...

The Department of Interior told The Hill on Tuesday it did not direct the National Park Service (NPS) to remove a famed photo showing an enslaved man’s scars from exhibits. “I can confirm that NPS ...

President Donald Trump may try to sidestep this history, but we will not forget what our ancestors endured through slavery and beyond. We cannot erase our past — we must face it, learn from it and ...

Shot in 1863, "Scourged Back" was a key image in abolitionists' anti-slavery campaigns during the American Civil War. - McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art EDITOR’S NOTE: In Snap, we look at ...