Washington Post: Trump orders National Gallery of Art to remove photo of slave with scarred back

(CNN) – The Trump Administration has ordered the removal of information on slavery from national parks, according to The Washington Post.

The Post cited four people familiar with the matter.

A historic photograph at Washington’s National Gallery of Art is one item that will be removed.

The photograph is called “The Scourged Back.” It shows a formerly enslaved man that is believed to be Peter Gordon in 1863.

Gordon’s back is to the camera that took the photo, showing heavy scarring from slave masters cruelly punishing him with whips.

According to The Post, removing information on slavery is an effort to scrub national parks of what the Trump administration calls “corrosive ideology.”

A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior disputes the claims that parks have been told to remove the photo and says corrective action will be taken if any materials were removed that should not have been.

The spokesperson went on to say, in accordance with the secretary’s order called Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, all interpretive signage in national parks is under review.