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Dec 13, 2015 · The abolitionist wanted to ensure a more accurate depiction of black Americans during the tumultuous years before the Civil War, Harvard's John Stauffer writes in Picturing Frederick Douglass.
Feb 21, 2024 · As the most photographed man in America during the 19 th century, it was no accident that Frederick Douglass amassed more than 160 photographs and portraits. Douglass knew that pictures allowed him to present himself as a person worthy of respect and dignity equal to any white man, and to challenge slavery and the era’s racist social norms.
Nov 2, 2015 · Towards the end of the late nineteenth century, Arabella Chapman, a young African American woman from upstate New York, began to collect and mount personally meaningful tintypes and cartes de...
Jan 8, 2021 · By the time of his death in 1895, Frederick Douglass is undeniably the most photographed American and one of the most famous men in the world. His portraits collection extends from his early years donning a thinner physique with strong features, to his later years, showing a much older and wiser-looking man.
Feb 28, 2020 · More than a half century after Douglass had his first portrait made in 1841, W. E. B. Du Bois, a great admirer of Douglass, similarly used photography for social effect when he compiled hundreds of images of well-dressed African American children, women and men for his “American Negro” exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
Portraits of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American of the nineteenth century, illuminate his life and career as an abolitionist. By tracing the evolution of his self-presentation, this article highlights the power of photography for countering racist stereotypes of Black Americans during the nineteenth century.
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Feb 2, 2016 · A masterful orator and impassioned activist, the most photographed man in nineteenth-century America was also a theorist on the riveting new medium.
