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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum

Harvard Slave Portraits - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are finally going back to South Carolina.

Harvard University turned the photos over to the International African American Museum in Charleston after a seven-year legal fight, the museum announced Wednesday.

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