The caption reads: "View of marks of punishment inflicted upon a colored servant in Richmond, Virginia." This illustration evokes sympathy for the brutally beaten enslaved woman, and would have garnered support for the anti-slavery movement. Harper's Weekly was the most widely read journal in America during the Civil War period and, though they did not voice strong anti-slavery views, illustrations such as this may have raised awareness. Harper’s weekly. New York, 10, pt. 11, 1866, p.477. LVA.