Eldorado Posted March 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 21, 2019 "Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? The Descendants, not Harvard, a Lawsuit Says." "The two slaves, a father and daughter, were stripped to the waist and positioned for frontal and side views. Then, like subjects in contemporary mug shots, their pictures were taken, as part of a racist study arguing that black people were an inferior race. Almost 170 years later, they are at the center of a dispute over who should own the fruits of American slavery." Full article at the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/us/slave-photographs-harvard.html UK Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6830771/Lawsuit-Harvard-shamelessly-profits-photos-slaves.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted March 21, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The slave owners.. technically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted March 25, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Some photos of white privileged English, there could be a small fortune to be made. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/338192253248738521/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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