[SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [CHINN, Wilson]. PAXSON, Charles, photographer. Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans. New York: S. Tackaberry, 1864.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $469
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [CHINN, Wilson]. PAXSON, Charles, photographer. Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans. New York: S. Tackaberry, 1864.
2 x 3 1/4 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (spotting/blotching to image, with light wear and discoloration to mount edges and corners). Title printed on mount recto. Photographer's imprint and copyright statement on verso along with printed statement about proceeds benefitting the "education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General Banks."
Several CDVs of this type were sold by the National Freedman's Association in 1864 and 1865 to stir up sympathy and outrage among Northern white audiences and renew their support of abolition and commitment to the war effort. The subjects in the CDVs appeared in other photographs and periodical articles produced at this time.
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