Trial, Imprisonment, and Branding of Captain Walker

The Branding of Captain Walker

The Branding: Applying the Brand
Walker writes of the branding:
When about to be branded, I was placed in the prisoner's box. Dorr...proceded to tie my hand to a part of the railing in front. I remarked that there was no need of tying it, for I would hold still. He observed that it was best to make sure, and tied it firmly to the post, in fair view; he then took from the fire the branding-iron, of a slight red heat, and applied it to the ball of my hand, and pressed it on firmly, for fifteen or twenty seconds. It made a spattering noise, like a handful of salt in the fire, as the skin seared and gave way to the hot iron. The pain was severe while the iron was on, and for some time afterwards.
The Abolition Lecture Circuit, where the hand is displayed for all to see the inhumanity.
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The Branding of Captain Walker

	The Branding: Applying the Brand Walker writes of the branding: When about to be branded, I was placed in the prisoner's box. Dorr...proceded to tie my hand to a part of the railing in front. I remarked that there was no need of tying it, for I would hold still. He observed that it was best to make sure, and tied it firmly to the post, in fair view; he then took from the fire the branding-iron, of a slight red heat, and applied it to the ball of my hand, and pressed it on firmly, for fifteen or twenty seconds. It made a spattering noise, like a handful of salt in the fire, as the skin seared and gave way to the hot iron. The pain was severe while the iron was on, and for some time afterwards. The Abolition Lecture Circuit, where the hand is displayed for all to see the inhumanity. Site built and maintained by H2O Web Design Associates Milwaukee, Wisconsin E-Mail: [email protected]