The story of Isaac and Rosa, the emancipated slave children from New Orleans, 1863
This post was originally published on this siteThe boy and girl looked toward the camera. They were just old enough to understand the task assigned […]
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The ‘white’ slave children of New Orleans in rare photographs, 1863
This post was originally published on this siteOn January 30, 1864, Harper’s Weekly started to publish portraits of children captioned “Emancipated Slaves—White and Colored,” as […]
Scars of Gordon, a whipped Louisiana slave, 1863
This post was originally published on this siteThe famous “whipped slave” photograph pictures the runaway slave Gordon exposing his severely whipped back to the camera […]