William R. Pywell

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia

1862

Powerful documentation of America's slavery infrastructure provides unflinching evidence of institutional bondage during the nation's defining conflict.

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 2 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

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