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So, I recently finished watching Ken Burns's Civil War documentary for the first time. Its second most haunting image was one from the 1st episode, "The Cause," which shows a black man wearing something around his neck. I'm guessing he's either a slave or ex-slave given that IIRC, the photo was shown in a montage of photos of other slaves and something I didn't notice at first -- what appears to be a series of letters upon his brow.
My question concerns what exactly the device around his neck is and what its purpose was, and is there any further information available concerning the man in the photograph? Apologies for the substandard quality, as I took a picture of the image on my TV with my cellphone:
My question concerns what exactly the device around his neck is and what its purpose was, and is there any further information available concerning the man in the photograph? Apologies for the substandard quality, as I took a picture of the image on my TV with my cellphone:
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