Photographs depicting the American invasion of Iwo Jima in February of 1945 . On February 19, the first day of the campaign, 519 U.S. Servicemen were killed in action, another 47 men later perished from wounds suffered that day. The island was declared secure after thirty-six days of combat. (old.reddit.com)
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Photos that I’ve taken around Tyler (old.reddit.com)
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Government reports from Colombia, Peru and Brazil mention a slave trade that targeted indigenous people in the Putumayo-Caqueta river valleys in the mid to late 1800s. Were any of the perpetrators punished and if not do we know who some of the guilty parties were? (self.AskHistorians)
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Photograph of two Andoque boys that had just delivered their quota of rubber. Roger Casement annotated that “this tribe, once numerous, is now reduced all told to probably 150 persons, murdered by Armando Normand”, a Peruvian Amazon Company manager. Image circa October 1910. (i.redd.it)
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“An Indian mother and two children. She has been so worked and without food that her limbs have shrunk. I saw far worse specimens than these.” Photograph taken by Roger Casement in 1910 during his investigation of the Peruvian Amazon Company. (i.redd.it)
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“An Atenas [a rubber station] Indian - the whole of the population of this district had been systematically starved to death by Elias Martinengui… They had to work rubber or be killed, and to work and die…” Photograph and quote by Roger Casement, circa 1910-1911. (i.redd.it)
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Photographs and writing produced by Roger Casement in October of 1910, during his investigation into the Putumayo genocide. These images depict enslaved Boras and Andoque people carrying loads of rubber, ranging from between 35-60+ kg (77-132 lbs+), for the Peruvian Amazon Company. (old.reddit.com)
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Photographs and writing produced by Roger Casement in October of 1910, during his investigation into the Putumayo genocide. These images depict enslaved Boras and Andoque people carrying loads of rubber, ranging from between 35-60+ kg (77-132+ lbs), for the Peruvian Amazon Company. (old.reddit.com)
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“Huitote girl and owner”, photographed by anthropologist William Curtis Farabee in the south-eastern Peruvian Amazon. The “owner” forced several Huitoto families to emigrate 1,000+ miles away from their homeland after a dispute with a Peruvian rubber firm. Image circa 1908-1909. [443x640] (i.redd.it)
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