| Creator |
Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Tackaberry, S., copyright holder. |
| Title |
Rebecca [graphic] : A slave girl from New Orleans. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| 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 |
Full-length, abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Depicts
Huger, attired in a long-sleeved dress with decorative stripes, standing between scenery props of a stone window adorned with
ivy and a full-length mirror, which reflects her profile. 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. |
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Attributed to Charles Paxson. |
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Date from copyright information and content. Copyrighted by S. Tackaberry. |
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Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association],
Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass.
|
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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 Major General Banks.
|
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Contains cancelled 2 cents revenue stamp on verso. |
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See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864). |
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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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Purchase 2001. |
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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.
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| 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 photographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits - Huger (sitter) [P.9971] |
| Accession number |
P.9971 |
