Carte-de-visite by Charles Paxson "Learning Is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, Slaves From New Orleans" shows three light-skinned slave children studying from books and being taught by an older slave man
Chas. Paxson: NY, 1864. Paperback. 3.75 x almost 2.5". Unevenly trimmed, spotting/soiling, edgewear else good. Printed on the back, in part: "No. 6. The net proceeds of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of colored people in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj..... More