Subject of photos demonstrating instruments of torture, widely circulated during the American Civil War
Wilson Chinn (fl. 1863) was an escaped American slave from Louisiana who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive use of torture received in slavery. The "branded slave" photograph of Chinn with "VBM" (the initials of his owner, Volsey B. Marmillion) branded on his forehead, wearing a punishment collar, and posing with other equipment used to punish slaves became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most famous photos of that era.
The New York Times writer Joan Paulson Gage, noted in 2013 that "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."[1]
^Paulson Gage, Joan (August 5, 2013). "Icons of Cruelty". The New York Times.
WilsonChinn (fl. 1863) was an escaped American slave from Louisiana who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive use of torture...
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WilsonChinn was enslaved by Volsey B. Marmillion (recte Valsin B. Marmillion), who made a standard practice of branding his slaves on the face with his...
WilsonChinn, a branded slave from Louisiana—per The New York Times, "one of the earliest and most dramatic examples of how the newborn medium of photography...
States from England. Gordon, an enslaved man, reproduced by Mathew Brady. WilsonChinn, a branded slave from Louisiana—Also exhibiting instruments of torture...
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(c. 1814–1884), African-American writer, escaped from slavery 1834. WilsonChinn African American featuring in an 1863 photograph as "branded slave" Wulfstan...
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It depicts a freed man, WilsonChinn, whose forehead had been branded with the initials of his previous "owner"...
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knowledge of varying tribal origins in Africa. The 1863 photograph of WilsonChinn, a branded slave from Louisiana, like the one of Gordon and his scarred...
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first hit, "Funny, Funny", in 1971, after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972...
either written and/or produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. The band parted company with Chinn and Chapman after the album was released and, although...
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served. Julia Chinn was the daughter of Benjamin Chinn, who was living in Malden, Upper Canada, or London, Canada, and a sister of Daniel Chinn. An 1845 letter...
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