Carte De Visite Portrait of a Group of Recently Freed African American Slaves at Cassina Point Plantation on Edisto Island in South Carolina During the American Civil War (1862)

Carte de visite portrait of a group of recently freed slaves on Cassina Point Plantation on Edisto Island in South Carolina during the American Civil War, 1862. By Henry P. Moore.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Group of Afro-Brazilian Railroad Workers (1850's)

Portrait of a group of Afro-Brazilian railroad workers, c. 1855-1860.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Photograph Said to Be Taken During a Slave Auction in the Cheapside Area of Lexington, Kentucky (1862)

Photograph said to be taken during a slave auction in the Cheapside area of Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1861-1862. The man standing on a platform in the center waving his arms looks as though he is an auctioneer. The bovine in the left background might suggest that the photo actually depicts a livestock auction, although Cheapside was the location of a slave market in the period. Originally published in the book Slavery Times in Kentucky by John Winston Coleman.

Source: New York Public Library.
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Carte De Visite Portrait of a Woman Posing in a Reception Room of a Building on the Island of Antigua in the West Indies (1860′s/1870′s)

Carte de visite portrait of a woman posing in a reception room of a building on the island of Antigua in the West Indies, c. 1860′s/1870′s. By photographer A. Sylvester Taylor.

Source: New York Public Library.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Creole Man From Sierra Leone (1870′s/1880′s)

Carte de visite portrait of a Creole man from Sierra Leone, c. 1870′s/1880′s.

Source: New York Public Library.

Ambrotype Portrait of Two Unidentified Women (1860′s/1870′s)

Ambrotype portrait of two unidentified women, c. 1860′s/1870′s.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Ambrotype Portrait of a Gardener Posing Over a Wooden Tub of Water By an Unidentified British Photographer (1855)

Ambrotype portrait of a gardener posing over a wooden tub of water by an unidentified British photographer, c. 1855.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Portrait of a Group of Pima Native Americans on a Reservation in Arizona Territory (1870)

Portrait of a group of Pima Native Americans on a reservation in Arizona Territory, c. 1870. By Carlo Gentile.

Source: Library of Congress.

A Group Playing a Game of Faro in the Orient Saloon in Bisbee, Arizona (1900)

A group playing a game of faro in the Orient Saloon in Bisbee, Arizona, c. 1900. By photographer C. S. Fly. The men are identified as: "Left to right - Tony Downs (standing with derby) part owner; Doyle, a concert hall singer at corner of table, sitting, with derby; back of him standing is Dutch Kid; Sleepy Dick, the porter, to right with light felt; Charlie Bassett, with soft felt hat in rear next to wall; dealer is Johnny Murphy, and Smiley Lewis in silk hat."

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.