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The Enslaved Woman Who Saved the Mistress From an Attack and Won Freedom For the Entire Plantation
The spring of 1863 brought more than just warm winds to the plantations of South Carolina. It brought fear, uncertainty,…
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This 1886 portrait of a midwife and infant looks caring until you notice the register.
It seemed like a tender image of early medical care. A woman cradling a newborn, her face soft with what…
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This 1900 Portrait of a Tailor Looks Skilled Until You Notice the Missing Finger
At first glance, it seemed like a proud professional image. A black man in a well-fitted vest standing beside a…
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This 1901 Portrait of Two Maids Looks Professional Until You Notice the Shoes
At first glance, it looked like any other turn of the century domestic portrait. Two young women in crisp white…
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This 1886 Portrait of a Midwife and Infant Looks Caring Until You Notice the Register
At first, it seemed like any other Victorian photograph. A woman in a clean white apron holding a newborn with…
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Everyone Mocked the Master’s Obese Daughter — Until She Spent One Night With the Strongest Slave
Everyone mocked the master so daughter until she spent one night with the strongest slave in the province. They laughed…
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The Mistress Who Became Pregnant by Four Enslaved Men – 1839
Nobody at Thornhill Manor could have imagined that the mistress who walked through the mansion’s halls with such elegance and…
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The Breeding Giant – The Enslaved Man Who Fathered Over 200 Children
They called him the breeding giant. By the time he died in 1876, this man had fathered more than 200…
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The Master Who Left His Inheritance to Three Enslaved Women -1859
When Edward Whitmore’s last will and testament was read aloud in the Charleston courthouse on a cold January morning in…
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The Mistress Who Fell in Love with the Slave… The Husband Discovered and Did This
No one at Witmore Plantation could have imagined that the mistress’s secret would lead to the most horrifying night in…
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The Farmer Who Bought the Most Beautiful Slave, But Regretted It the Next Day
The morning of March 15th, 1839, began like any other at Riverside Plantation in Caroline County, Virginia. But when Thomas…
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The Twins Separated at Auction… When They Reunited, One Was a Mistress
No one could have predicted that the two identical girls standing on that auction block in Richmond, Virginia on March…
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This 1906 Portrait of a Music Student Looks Elegant Until You Notice the Instrument Tag
It seemed like a simple image of progress. A young black woman in a high collared white blouse seated with…
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This 1873 Portrait of a Farm Couple Looks Equal Until You Notice the Ledger Line
This 1873 portrait of a farm couple looks equal until you notice the ledger line. At first glance, it seemed…
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This 1853 Parlor Portrait Looks Affectionate Until You Notice The Open Bible
At first glance, the image seemed to radiate domestic warmth. A white woman in silk, a black teenage girl at…
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She Spent $500 a Night to Own Him — The Slave Boy Who Held the Judge’s Daughter in His Hands
She paid $500 a night just to bend him to her will, but no one knew the secret he held….
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This 1854 Mother–Daughter Photograph Looks Serene Until You Notice the Burn Mark on the Girl’s Apron
At first, everything about the image suggested warmth. A woman seated beside a spinning wheel, her hand resting near the…
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The Master’s Wife and Slave Secret – Everyone Shocked (Virginia, 1832)
What if a secret so dangerous was hidden behind the walls of a grand plantation that no one could ever…
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When She Replaced the Broken Glass — A Second Photo Appeared Showing Her Mother Holding Two…
The crack had spread like a frozen river across her mother’s face, splitting the old photograph into two jagged territories…
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If This Photo Could Speak, It Would Ask Why She’s Holding a Baby She’s About to Give Away
The photograph had been tucked inside the pages of a Bible for 63 years, pressed between Psalms and Proverbs like…
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