Showing posts with label african american slaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african american slaves. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Photo Portrait of a Group Posing in Front of George Washington's Family Tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia (1859)

 

Portrait of a group posing in front of George Washington's family tomb on the grounds of Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, May 13, 1859. What looks to be three black men, possibly enslaved workers at Mount Vernon, are posing directly in front of the tomb's gate. Taken by photographer Titian Ramsay Peale who signed and dated the photo at bottom right.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

A Large Group of African American Slaves Posing Outside of Their Quarters on a Plantation Near Charleston, South Carolina (1860)


A large group of African American slaves posing outside of their quarters on a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1860. A rare scene from perhaps the only series of photographs to document slavery in the United States. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoview.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Hand-Colored Photograph Said to be Taken During the Last Public Slave Auction on Cheapside Street in Lexington, Kentucky (1860's)


Hand-colored photograph said to be taken during the last public slave auction on Cheapside Street in Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1860's. The auction looks as though it is possibly in progress with the figures who are standing over the crowd possibly being the slaves for sale and the crowd in front of them (nearer to the photographer) being the interested buyers. The slave auctions took place on the grounds of the Fayette County Courthouse which is visible at left.

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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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