Delia's tears : race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America

Delia's tears : race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America /

"In 1850 seven South Carolina slaves were photographed at the request of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence of the supposed biological inferiority of Africans. Lost for many years, the photographs were rediscovered in the attic of Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1976. In t...

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Main Author: Rogers, Molly, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873 > Political and social views.
Agassiz, Louis > 1807-1873.
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873 > Pensée politique et sociale.
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873.
1800-1899
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Pictorial works.
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Biography.
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Photography > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism in anthropology > United States > History > 19th century.
Anthropology, Physical > history
Black or African American > history.
Photography > history
Racial Groups > history.
History, 19th Century
Photographie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Photographie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Ouvrages illustrés.
Escalves > Caroline du Sud > Biographies.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme en anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Photography > Political aspects.
Photography > Social aspects.
Political and social views.
Race relations.
Racism.
Racism in anthropology.
Enslaved persons.
Sklave
Porträtfotografie.
Rassismus
Wissenschaftliche Fotografie
Slaves > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Biography.
Slaves > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Pictorial works.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States
North Carolina
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
South Carolina > Columbia Region.
United States.
South Carolina
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
History.
Pictorial works.

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