Harvard profited from slave photos that belong to descendants, lawsuit says

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Tamara Lanier wants elite university to turn over daguerrotypes of Renty and Delia which are earliest known photos of US slaves

Harvard University “shamelessly” turned a profit from photos of two 19th-century slaves while ignoring requests to turn the photos over to the slaves’ descendants, a lawsuit alleges.

 

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How old are these photos? Thought so. Two words: public domain. Next!!

thermalsoundwav Mmmm.... Interesting topic that I never really thought about.

Silly lawsuit imo

Harvard and the entire Ivy League are and always have been deeply racist institutions.

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