[Faline]

On January 30, 1864, to fan the anti-slavery cause and promote the sale of abolitionist photographs, Harper’s Weekly published this carte de visite and three others as wood engravings. The newspaper also included stirring bibliographies of the emancipated slaves. The editors noted that Wilson Chinn was about sixty years old. His former master, Volsey B. Marmillion, a sugar planter near New Orleans, “was accustomed to brand his *******, and Wilson has on his forehead the letters ‘V.B.M.’”

[deanmine]

(Harper’s Weekly published this carte de visite and three others as wood engravings. The newspaper also included stirring bibliographies of the emancipated slaves). ..
...................i have that somewhere im lookin for it

[deanmine]

Contribution to the thread by deanmine:

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[deanmine]

The images of Wilson Chinn in chains, like the one of Gordon and his scarred back, are as disturbing today as they were in 1863. They serve as two of the earliest and most dramatic examples of how the newborn medium of photography could change the course of history.

[LadyCPlum]

Has anyone heard of another infamous New Orleanian by the name of Madame Delphine Lalaurie? It's a shame there are no pictures of her slaves, what she did was far worse than simple branding.

[deanmine]

Originally Posted by LadyCPlum ↗

Has anyone heard of another infamous New Orleanian by the name of Madame Delphine Lalaurie? It's a shame there are no pictures of her slaves, what she did was far worse than simple branding.

ya.. i know whom u speak of.. i think ur talkin about the lady whom chained and torchured her peeps... her secrets found out only after a fire

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by deanmine ↗

ya.. i know whom u speak of.. i think ur talkin about the lady whom chained and torchured her peeps... her secrets found out only after a fire

That's her. She had her slaves taken away from her after she was caught chasing a young girl slave across her rooftop with a whip; the girl jumped. Unfortunately, her relatives brought back the slaves when they were being auctioned and gave them right back to her.

Supposedly a cook that had been chained to the stove purposefully set the fire to bring attention to
what was going on in the house. The firemen and police thought something was strange when they mentioned needing to help get the slaves out of the house and Madame Lalaurie was more interested in making sure her paintings and valuables were brought out of the house first. Then they tried to get into the attic, it was locked, she wouldn't give them the key. When they broke the door down they found dead slaves that had been left to rot, slaves who had limbs broken and twisted back into grotesque positions, even one who had a hole drilled into their skull and a stick inserted to stir the brain. The house is now reportedly one of the most haunted in the state. Nicolas Cage either still owns it, or owned it in the past.

[Firegirl1]

That was one disgusting woman

[Jere]

wow.wack job...

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by LadyCPlum ↗

That's her. She had her slaves taken away from her after she was caught chasing a young girl slave across her rooftop with a whip; the girl jumped. Unfortunately, her relatives brought back the slaves when they were being auctioned and gave them right back to her.

Supposedly a cook that had been chained to the stove purposefully set the fire to bring attention to
what was going on in the house. The firemen and police thought something was strange when they mentioned needing to help get the slaves out of the house and Madame Lalaurie was more interested in making sure her paintings and valuables were brought out of the house first. Then they tried to get into the attic, it was locked, she wouldn't give them the key. When they broke the door down they found dead slaves that had been left to rot, slaves who had limbs broken and twisted back into grotesque positions, even one who had a hole drilled into their skull and a stick inserted to stir the brain. The house is now reportedly one of the most haunted in the state. Nicolas Cage either still owns it, or owned it in the past.

Sounds like the opening episode of American Horror Story: Coven