Shortly after the 1839 invention of photography, this new medium was embraced by the proslavery cause, while it simultaneously opened up new ways for enslaved people to resist bondage. The scientist Louis Agassiz sought to use daguerreotypes of enslaved people to support and popularize theories of scientific racism. At the same time, some enslaved people were able to acquire their own photographs, which they exchanged and preserved to endure and resist the internal slave trade in the antebellum South. Join Ilisa Barbash (co-editor/co-author) and Matthew Fox Amato (co-author) as they discuss these phenomena outlined in the new book, To Make Their Own Way in the World: The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes.
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Fall Lecture Series: Photography, Slavery, Agency
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Date:
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Time:
7:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
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