| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Charley [graphic] : A slave boy from New Orleans. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
[1863] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 7 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format) |
| Description |
Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Charles Taylor. Freed by Union
General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise
funds for schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen.
Taylor, son of his enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863.
|
| Notes |
Probably by Philadelphia photographer James E. McClees. |
|
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from content. |
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In McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Portraits. (LCP Print Room (1)Uy 5 5775.F.15). McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864). |
|
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Taylor, Charles, approximately 1855- -- Portraits. |
|
African American boys -- 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. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Civil War Portrait Scrapbook album [(1)Uy 5 5775.F.15] |
| Accession number |
(1)Uy 5 5775.F.15 |
