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“The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863. (McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art)

National Park to Remove Photo of Enslaved Man’s Scars

The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
by Hannah Natanson, Jake Spring via Washington Post on September 15, 2025
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