After a decade-long battle in court, Harvard University has agreed to release 175-year-old ‘daguerrotypes’ that might be the earliest depictions of slaves in America

fortune.com/2025/05/28/harvard-university-tamara-lanier-lawsuit-slave-daguerrotypes

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants.
The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-28 17:29:38.
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