Showing posts with label african americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african americans. Show all posts

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Friday, February 24, 2017

Animated Stereoview Portrait of a Group of Elderly African Americans Said to Have Been Once Owned as Slaves by George Washington (1800's)

 
Animated stereoview portrait of a group of elderly African Americans said to have been once owned as slaves by George Washington titled "Cooks, chambermaids, nurses and one hostler of Gen. Geo. Washington, found in and around St. Augustine, Florida." Possibly a spurious claim. There are also two younger African Americans and a white woman pictured.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Portrait of Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in Front of a Sutler Store Somewhere in Tennessee During the Civil War (1865)


Portrait of Union soldiers and civilians posing in front of a sutler store somewhere in Tennessee during the Civil War, c. 1865. Getty claims that the building is a quartermaster's storehouse of the 159th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

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Friday, March 11, 2016

View of African American Civilians in Line to Receive Rations in a Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1865)


View of a street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1865. The crowd of people down the street are said to be African Americans civilians in line to receive rations. By Andrew Lytle. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Monday, January 19, 2015

A Slave-Owning Family Posing in the Front Yard of Their House With at Least Three of Their Slaves Probably Visible Said to be Taken in Kentucky


A slave-owning family posing in the front yard of their house with at least three of their slaves probably visible said to be taken in Kentucky, c. 1850’s. From the book Slavery Times in Kentucky.

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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Southern Civilians With Their Slaves in Line to Receive Rations From the Union Army During the Civil War in Beaufort, South Carolina



"A bitter pill." Southern civilians with their slaves in line to receive rations from the Union Army during the Civil War in Beaufort, South Carolina. By Samuel Cooley. Animated stereoview.

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