M.H. Kimball
n.d.
Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave from Louisiana; also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves.

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Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American History: Premier Auction, 26 June 2018, Lot: 301
 
Titled on recto, "Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave from Louisiana; also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves." Credited to Kimball of New York in 1863. Verso imprint reads: "The nett proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major-General-Banks."
 
A rare and dramatic image of slavery, produced during the Civil War and meant to inflame Northern sympathies. Chinn is shown wearing a variety of restraints and other instruments of "punishment." A seldom encountered carte, this the fifth example we have been privileged to offer since our inception.
 
LL/83455