Category:Agassiz Zealy slave portraits
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In 1850 Louis Agassiz commissioned a series of photographs for his study of "races". Photographer Joseph T. Zealy (1812-93) of Columbia, South Carolina, made a series of Daguerreotypes of slaves in the area around Columbia for Agassiz. The photographic subjects being a mix of African and American born slaves, male and female, per Agassiz's instructions.
These are rare portraits of individual slaves made in the USA before emancipation.
This article provides added details. [1]
Media in category "Agassiz Zealy slave portraits"
The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total.
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Delia1850FrontPortrait.jpg 336 × 441; 61 KB
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DeliaDaughterOfRentry.jpg 171 × 228; 7 KB
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Drana (frontal portrait).jpg 404 × 500; 181 KB
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Drana (profile view).jpg 388 × 500; 170 KB
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Jack1850FrontZealy.jpg 302 × 439; 58 KB
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JackGuineaProfileSlavePortrait.jpg 767 × 994; 56 KB
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Renty - Agassiz.jpg 1,602 × 2,048; 386 KB
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Renty an African slave.jpg 1,979 × 2,420; 1.18 MB
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Renty in 1850.gif 198 × 339; 55 KB
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Renty or Rentry.png 198 × 339; 51 KB
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Renty, Daguerreotype, by JT Zealy, 1850.jpg 2,848 × 3,642; 629 KB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Front 01.jpg 197 × 256; 5 KB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Side Bust 2.jpg 198 × 255; 5 KB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Side One Leg.jpg 199 × 253; 5 KB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Man Standing Back.jpg 1,748 × 2,617; 5.41 MB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Woman Side Bust 1.jpg 198 × 254; 4 KB
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Slave Portrait Agassiz Zealy Woman Side Bust 2.jpg 197 × 255; 5 KB
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