| Creator |
Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Tackaberry, S., copyright holder. |
|
Bent, H.N., distributor. |
| Title |
Rebecca [graphic] : A slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y. |
| Publisher |
New York : S. Tackaberry |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1864 |
| Date |
1864 |
| 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, Rebecca Huger. Depicts a bust-length
portrait of Huger attired in a crocheted jacket and bonnet. 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.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series No. 11. |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright information and content. |
|
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association],
Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass.
|
|
Printed 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 Major General Banks.
|
|
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. |
|
Created postfreeze. |
|
Purchase 2005. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
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. |
|
Antislavery movements -- United States. |
|
Freedmen -- Education -- Louisiana. |
|
Racially mixed people. |
|
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
|
Freedom seekers -- United States. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Anti-slavery photographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Tackaberry, S., copyright holder. |
|
Bent, H.N., distributor. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department | cdv portraits - sitter - Huger [P.2005.22.1] |
| Accession number |
P.2005.22.1 |
