After a decade-long battle in court docket, Harvard College has agreed to launch 175-year-old ‘daguerrotypes’ that may be the earliest depictions of slaves in America

Tamara Lanier takes questions throughout a press convention asserting a lawsuit in opposition to Harvard College on March 20, 2019 in New York Metropolis. Lanier has accused Harvard College of the wrongful seizure, possession and monetization of photographic pictures of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved African man named Renty, and his daughter, Delia.

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