1864 FREED SLAVE. Young Slave Freed by Emancipation Proclamation Photographed as a White Child. Miracles there are a few variations

there are a few variations in the painting from the photographic carte de visite

vilification rained from the pulpit

Some rubbing and bumping

Wynant Van Zandt

1864 FREED SLAVE. Young Slave Freed by Emancipation Proclamation Photographed as a White Child. Miracles there are a few variationsA very desirable carte de visite photograph issued in the aftermath of the Emancipation Proclamation in New Orleans. The city had been captured during 1863, and with the Proclamation, northern missionaries and educators descended on the city to immediately begin schools for the young "contraband." Photographs of the children were sold and distributed to raise funds for the schools. The young former slaves were often intentionally photographed and