Southworth & Hawes
Captain Jonathan W. Walker’s Branded Hand
Daguerreotype, 1845
“A Florida seamen originally from Cape Cod, Captain Jonathan Walker was sympathetic to the plight of the slaves. In 1844 he made an unsuccessful attempt to aid a group of seven to freedom by sailing them to the West Indies. Walker paid for his part in the venture with a year in solitary confinement, a $600.00 fine, and the branded letters “s.s.” for “slave stealer” on his right palm.“
From The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes