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Daguerreotype of Renty (Rentry), a slave from the Congo, on a plantation in Columbia, South Carolina, made for Louis Agassiz in 1850. Agassiz commissioned this and other slave daguerrotypes to confirm his belief in the inferiority of the black race and seperate creation for the different races of man. Related image: Image:DeliaDaughterOfRentry.jpg Renty's daughter Delia |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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