Image of Catharine Lawrence, with the former slave child she adopted, Fannie

Catharine Lawrence, with the former slave child she adopted, Fannie Lawrence, 1863. The five year...

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IMAGE number: EVB7066322
Image title: Catharine Lawrence, with the former slave child she adopted, Fannie Lawrence, 1863. The five year old 'octoroon,' was the daughter of an enslaved mother, Mary Fletcher, and her white owner, Charles Ayres. In 1862, Mary Fletcher, Fannie, and several other slaves, escaped to Union territory. When Fannie's mother returned to her other enslaved children, Fannie was adopted by Lawrence, and became a 'poster child' of the anti-slavery cause. Photo by Renowden, Brooklyn, NY
Medium: albumen print
Date: 1863 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: Catharine Lawrence, with the former slave child she adopted, Fannie Lawrence, 1863. The five year old 'octoroon,' was the daughter of an enslaved mother, Mary Fletcher, and her white owner, Charles Ayres. In 1862, Mary Fletcher, Fannie, and several other slaves, escaped to Union territory. When Fannie's mother returned to her other enslaved children, Fannie was adopted by Lawrence, and became a 'poster child' of the anti-slavery cause. Photo by Renowden, Brooklyn, NY (BSLOC_2018_5_19)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / two persons / poster / emancipation / North America / America (continent) / human rights / child / slavery / USA / woman / girl / history / freedom / mother / parent / family / african-american / portrait / propaganda / racism / clothes / black and white / photo / abolition of slavery / seated / daughter

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