"1800 - 1899" . . "Race relations." . . "History, 19th Century." . . "Rassentheorie." . . "Slaves South Carolina Columbia Region Biography." . . "Esclaves États-Unis Caroline du Sud (États-Unis) Ouvrages illustrés." . . "Photography Social aspects United States History 19th century." . . "Anthropology, Physical United States History." . . "Racism in anthropology United States History 19th century." . . "Photography Social aspects." . . "Photography History." . . "Photography Political aspects United States History 19th century." . . "Political and social views." . . "Racisme États-Unis 19e siècle." . . "Schwarze." . . "Geschichte 1850-1976." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "In 1850 seven South Carolina slaves were photographed at the request of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence of the supposed biological inferiority of Africans. Lost for many years, the photographs were rediscovered in the attic of Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1976. In the first narrative history of these images, Molly Rogers tells the story of the photographs, the people they depict, and the men who made and used them. Weaving together the histories of race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America, Rogers explores the invention and uses of photography, the scientific theories the images were intended to support and how these related to the race politics of the time, the meanings that may have been found in the photographs, and the possible reasons why they were \"lost\" for a century or more. Each image is accompanied by a brief fictional vignette about the subject's life as imagined by Rogers; these portraits bring the seven subjects to life, adding a fascinating human dimension to the historical material." . "In 1850 seven South Carolina slaves were photographed at the request of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence of the supposed biological inferiority of Africans. Lost for many years, the photographs were rediscovered in the attic of Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1976. In the first narrative history of these images, Molly Rogers tells the story of the photographs, the people they depict, and the men who made and used them. Weaving together the histories of race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America, Rogers explores the invention and uses of photography, the scientific theories the images were intended to support and how these related to the race politics of the time, the meanings that may have been found in the photographs, and the possible reasons why they were \"lost\" for a century or more. Each image is accompanied by a brief fictional vignette about the subject's life as imagined by Rogers; these portraits bring the seven subjects to life, adding a fascinating human dimension to the historical material."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . "Pictorial works"@en . "Pictorial works" . . . "Delia's tears race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America" . . . . . . . . . . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Delia's tears : race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America"@en . "Delia's tears : race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America" . . "Racism." . . "Schwarze." . . "Photographie." . . "Slaves." . . "United States" . . "United States." . "Anthropology, Physical History United States." . . "Porträtphotographie." . . "Esclaves États-Unis Caroline du Sud (États-Unis) Biographies." . . "Photographie Aspect politique États-Unis 19e siècle." . . "États-Unis" . . "African Americans. North Carolina History." . . "Sciences et racisme États-Unis 19e siècle." . . "Slaves South Carolina Columbia Region Pictorial works." . . "Photography Political aspects." . . "South Carolina" . . "South Carolina." . "Fotografie." . . "Rassismus." . . . . "Photographie Aspect social États-Unis 19e siècle." . . "Continental Population Groups History." . . "African Americans History North Carolina." . . "Wissenschaftliche Photographie." . . "Racism in anthropology." . . "Sklave." . . "Racism United States History 19th century." . .