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Guillotine Reconstruction
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Guillotine Reconstruction

Although not commonly used in colonial Latin America, the guillotine symbolizes the rationalized violence of Enlightenment-era justice. Developed in France in the late 18th c., it promised swift, equal execution. Its presence here evokes the broader legacy of punitive spectacle and the evolution of state power over life and death.
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