"Chaotic Freedom" in Civil War Louisiana: The Origins of an Iconic Image BN_Top_100 a veteran detective whose marriage

a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career

and Treats

and in Chicago

demonstrating how to pass and hold different instruments

Nancy was the little sister—the tomboy with an outsized sense of justice who wanted to right all wrongs

"Chaotic Freedom" in Civil War Louisiana: The Origins of an Iconic Image BN_Top_100 a veteran detective whose marriageThe image is terrible and familiar. A man sits, his face in profile, his torso exposed. His back is a breathtaking mass of scars, crisscrossing his body and baring the brutality of American slavery. Reproduced as a carte de visite, the image circulated widely throughout abolitionist networks and was featured in Harper's Weekly. Its undeniable power testified to the evils of slavery. But who was this man and how did this image come to be? Bruce Laurie