The photo of Peter Gordon’s scarred back left such an impression on Americans in the 1800s that it solidified the movement to end slavery in the US for good.

Now, the famous photo, known as ‘The Scourged Back’, taken in 1863, is set to be removed from the National Portrait Gallery.

It’s part of Donald Trump’s crackdown on what he calls ‘corrosive ideology’ in museums and across America.

Multiple individuals involved with national parks told The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity that the removal is because of Trump’s belief that such photos and exhibits ‘disparage’ history.

At Harpers Ferry National Park in West Virginia, where an abolitionist led a raid to arm slaves for revolt, information about that revolt will be removed. Other targeted exhibits in Trump’s dystopian crac

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