Sunday, October 12, 2014

Priceless Civil War-era (sic) photo of Robert E. Lee's slave

Via WiscoDave

 The National Park Service has acquired a rare Civil War-era photograph of an enslaved woman who helped save Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's home in Arlington, Virginia
  • The photograph was purchased on in September for $700 and given to Arlington House plantation for display
  • Depicts Selina Gray, Lee's head housekeeper, and two other girls
  • As they were considered property, it is extremely rare to have a photo where the slaves are named. (We have ten though the pictures are taken after the War. My Black, North Carolina Kinfolk )
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 1:00 PM

    Back when blacks were for the most part nice people. My grandmother use to
    say that blacks loved little white children.

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    1. Brock TownsendOctober 14, 2014 at 1:23 PM

      We were close growing up and still are, but all this commie crap I am sure effects that these days.

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