The mail-order catalog disappeared. Can it be revived?

But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, ...
Charleston City Paper

IAAM welcomes home controversial images relinquished by Harvard

Images of seven enslaved individuals were officially welcomed home March 11 to South Carolina, the place where the historically significant daguerreotypes were originally created in 1850. The ...
WLTX19

Early photos of enslaved people in 1850 head home from Harvard to South Carolina museum

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are finally going back ...
The New York Times

Historic Slavery Photos Get ‘Final Resting Place’ After Long Fight With Harvard

The images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia were honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina. By Clyde McGrady Reporting from Charleston, S.C. What ...
The Boston Globe

After legal battle with Harvard, woman’s quest to reclaim images of enslaved ancestors culminates in public museum display

Tamara Lanier’s long odyssey to research her family tree all the way back to “Papa Renty,” made in a promise to her dying mother 16 years ago, culminated Wednesday when historic photographs of her ...
The Root

From the Files of Harvard, Here’s How Real Slaves Looked 175 Years Ago

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and in the case of two enslaved African Americans, their portraits set off a historic chain of events and ended a 15-year battle over ownership. Renty and Delia were ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Harvard to return 175-year-old photos to museum

BOSTON -- Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a ...
NPR

After six years, Harvard relinquishes images of enslaved ancestors to their descendant

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants. Harvard University, this week, agreed ...
KBIA

After six years, Harvard relinquishes images of enslaved ancestors to their descendant

Harvard University, this week, agreed to give up ownership of two portraits believed to be the earliest photographs of enslaved Black people in the United States. The Harvard biologist commissioned ...