Historic Photographs Of "White" Slaves
In 1863 and 1864, eight former slaves toured the northern states to raise money for impoverished African-American schools in New Orleans; four children with mixed-race ancestry and pale complexions were deliberately included to evoke sympathy from white northerners. Photographs of Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs, and Augusta Broujey were mass-produced and sold as part of the campaign.
For further reading on these children, see White Slaves by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Visualizing the Color Line by Carol Goodman.
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ssg a year agoI like how the boy in pic 16 looks like any kid from today really. The others pose very stiffly but he has his arm at the side sporting a little attitude. I like it. Normally in pics like these there’s no clue to what the person was like in real life, but that kid looks completely normal and natural.
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glenchilada a year agoThe first of many benefits of miscegenation. Let’s all mix, and be happy!
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Riff a year agoIf this was supposed to be a cuteness campaign, yeah, they probably would have had me convinced with Charley’s precious little face. It seems twisted to us now, but it was certainly a smart campaign in appealing to people’s natural predilection to favor those who ‘look like them’.
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Please delete a year agoSo.. the white slaves were forced to be models and the black ones had to do all the work? I can believe that.
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Davine S. a year agoThis is so surreal. What a strange, new light it sheds on the whole issue (new to me, at least - I had no idea these photos existed before). It’s like a Twilight Zone episode where everything is reversed; it highlights how bizarre the notion of anybody “owning” another person is… not that that even should need to be stated.
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