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J.T. Zealy 
Renty 
1850, March 
  
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate 
8.9 x 6.4 cm 
  
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
Peabody Number: 35-5-10/53038 
  
 
LL/53067 
  
Louis Agassiz commissioned J.T. Zealy to take a series of Daguerreotypes of slaves in 1850. The title "Renty" comes from the name of the slave of B.F. Taylor, a planter from Columbia, South Carolina. Renty was born in the Congo.
 
Joey Garrison, Harvard University sued over allegedly profiting from what are believed to be the earliest photos of American slaves, (azcentral.com / USA Today, 20 March 2019) 
 

 
  
 
  
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