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Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from New Orleans, Louisiana, also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves, carte de visite by Charles Paxson, 1863.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Paxton, C. (2025, April 15). Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20340/wilson-chinn-a-branded-slave/
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Paxton, Charles. "Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave." World History Encyclopedia, April 15, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20340/wilson-chinn-a-branded-slave/.
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Paxton, Charles. "Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave." World History Encyclopedia, 15 Apr 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20340/wilson-chinn-a-branded-slave/.
