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Is the mark on this poor man's back the sear of a slave?

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oristarA
 
Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 08:38 am

Context:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War#Causes_of_secession

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Cicatrices_de_flagellation_sur_un_esclave.jpg/362px-Cicatrices_de_flagellation_sur_un_esclave.jpg
Gordon whipped; the guilty overseer was fired.[14]
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 08:40 am
@oristarA,
Most likely scars from being whipped.
oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 08:48 am
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:

Most likely scars from being whipped.



Most likely.

The title of the pic is: Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.

Google translator: Scars of flogging a slave.

It is flogged, not whipped.
roger
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 08:55 am
@oristarA,
The difference being. . . ?

"Are the marks?" would be better than "is the mark?"
PUNKEY
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 08:55 am
@oristarA,
Same thing.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 09:17 am
@oristarA,
The translation is faulty--a better translation would be whipping scars on a slave.
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 12:50 pm
@roger,
Quote:
"Are the marks?" would be better than "is the mark?"


Not just better, Roger the dodger, required, unless Ori was referencing one particular mark.

Quote:
The difference being. . . ?


I would say that flogging illustrates a more serious, a more intensive nuance than whipping.
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 01:13 pm
@oristarA,
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Is the mark on this poor man's back the sear of a slave?


Did you mean "sear of a slave" as a branding or marking of a slave to describe ownership?
oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 28 Aug, 2013 11:45 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

Quote:
Is the mark on this poor man's back the sear of a slave?


Did you mean "sear of a slave" as a branding or marking of a slave to describe ownership?


Yes, I did.
It looks to me that the slave had been sold through many hands/owners.
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