Harvard Sued Over Profiting From Its Earliest Slave Photos from 1850 : ru-Foto.ru

Harvard University is being sued over daguerreotypes of slaves — believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves — commissioned by one of its professors back in 1850. A descendant of the slaves accuses Harvard of wrongfully seizing, possessing, and profiting from the photos.

USA TODAY reports that the Swiss-born biologist Louis Agassiz had […]. petapixel.com

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