Harvard Returns Slave Photos to SC Museum
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Harvard University transfers earliest known photographs of enslaved people to South Carolina museum, ending seven-year legal dispute. The eighteen fifty daguerreotypes depict Renty, his daughter Delia, and five others, commissioned by a Harvard biologist for pro-slavery research. Tamara Lanier, claiming Renty as her great-great-great-grandfather, sued Harvard, arguing the university profited from licensing the pictures while ignoring the familys story. The museum will preserve the originals and use copies in an exhibit to highlight the individuals lives, with family members feeling their ancestors are finally at peace.
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