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Art News: Daguerreotypes of Enslaved People Get a 'Final Resting Place'

By David Schonauer   Thursday March 19, 2026

The International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina, has officially acquired a set of 15 daguerreotypes, dating to 1850, that scholars believe to be the earliest known photographs taken of enslaved Americans, notes Art News. The acquisition gives the photographs a “final resting place” after a six-year legal …

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