Daguerreotype of Enslaved Woman

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Rare daguerreotype of an enslaved woman in Watkinsville, photographed in 1853. A placard with the date "1853," which reads correctly for the camera, is visible. The use of a book as a prop is unusual for an image of an enslaved person.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
clr210-92.

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Daguerreotype of Enslaved Woman

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