Wednesday, January 23, 1861
Pulson’s slave jail was a tree-lined yard tucked between a warehouse and a stockyard on the southeast side of Baltimore harbor, between Covington Street and the wharves. Despite the sleet, invisible in the darkening day, a young colored woman stripped to her waist was tied to a whipping platform in the middle of the yard. Pin…
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