Portraits of enslaved, 1850

Daguerreotype of Renty (Rentry),

a slave from the Congo, on a plantation in
Columbia, South Carolina

above & below:

Daguerreotype of Jack, a slave man on a
plantation in Columbia, South Carolina

above & below:

Daguerreotype of Delia, a slave woman on a
plantation in Columbia, South Carolina. Delia
was an American born slave, daughter of
Congo born slave 'Renty'.

All portraits are daguerreotypes of enslaved
made before emancipation, by Joseph T. Zealy
Joseph T. Zealy (1812 - 1893).
They were made on commission by Louis
Agassiz (1807-1873) - a Swiss-American zoologist
and geologist - for his study of 'races'.

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