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Harvard relinquishes possession of slave photos after years-long dispute



The daguerreotypes, an early photographic process, were taken to support “polygenism,” which falsely states that African-descended people are inferior to White people.



Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/28/harvard-photo-slave-tamara-lanier-renty-taylor/

Author : Angie Orellana Hernandez, Rachel Hatzipanagos

Publish date : 2025-05-28 21:47:00

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