Photo of the Day
No. 371
These children are former slaves.
They were born in New Orleans to enslaved women and were the property of their white fathers.
In 1863, after they were emancipated, they were brought North to pose for photographs that would be sold to raise funds for the education of Louisiana’s freed slaves.
Their photo sessions were carefully planned to shock the consci…
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