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[Stereoview of a scene from a minstrel show entitled "Whilte Slave," United States, ca. 1859]

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Type: Photographs
Title: [Stereoview of a scene from a minstrel show entitled "Whilte Slave," United States, ca. 1859]
Date: 1859
Description: American location unknown, ca. 1859. An interesting role reversal as interpreted by this photographer of this "genre" stereoview entitled "White Slave". The white shoeshine boy is polishing the shoes of a dapper black gentlemen. Note the anti-slavery broadsides posted on the "wall" in the background.
Subjects: African Americans | Costume | Arts
Contributors: Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History | Digital Library of Georgia
Online Publisher: [Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia], 2004
Rights and Usage: Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.

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Persistent Link to Item: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/id:usa058-86

Related Institutions: Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History
Collection Information: Vanishing Georgia