Feds deny photo taken in Baton Rouge was among images targeted by National Park Service crackdown

BATON ROUGE — An infamous photograph depicting an escaped enslaved man taken in Baton Rouge was among materials tied to the darker parts of American history that the Trump administration has ordered the National Park Service to remove in a recent move, multiple outlets reported.

The Washington Post and several other news outlets reported Tuesday that the Trump administration has ordered several sites to take down the materials, including the 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back that became one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era.

The man, often referred to as Gordon or Peter, was photographed in 1863 after the runaway slave escaped a Mississippi plantation. The image, attributed to Louisiana photographers McPherson and Oliver, depicts the man's