| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
Corson, Robert Rodgers, 1831-1904, copyright holder. |
| Title |
Rebecca [graphic] : A slave girl from New Orleans / J.E. McClees, Artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
1863 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount; 10 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format) |
| Description |
Abolitionist, bust-length portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Freed
by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement
to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent
of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in
December 1863.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Photographer's imprint stamped on verso. |
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Copyrighted by Rob[er]t R. Corson, State Military Agent for Philadelphia during the Civil War, and later, Corresponding Secretary
for the Pennsylvania branch of the American Freedmen's Union Commission.
|
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Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored people
in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l Banks.
|
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Manuscript note on verso: Rebecca Euge 10. |
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Gift of Marguerite S. Brenner. |
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See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. |
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See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Huger, Rebecca, approximately 1852- -- Portraits. |
|
African American girls -- Portraits. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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Freedmen -- Education -- Louisiana. |
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Racially mixed people. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
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Freedom seekers -- United States. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Anti-slavery photographic prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits - sitter - Huger [P.9057.81] |
| Accession number |
P.9057.81 |
