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When former slave Jordan Anderson was asked to come back and work for his old master, he replied with a deadpan letter asking for 52 years’ back pay as proof of good faith. The letter has been described as a rare example of documented ‘slave humor’ of the period. Below is Jourdon Anderson’s Letter.
‘Victorian Child’ photo I found in an antique shop. I fell in love with how awkwardly perfect this photo is. I would really like to learn more, but I don’t know where to start.
My Great Grandmother Violet in 1919, London
100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
Image from 1945 of Mussolini and his facist regimes public humiliation
South African ‘parabats’ preparing for a Cuban/PLAN counterattack during their raid on Cassinga. Angola, 4th May 1978.
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Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary, relaxes on the terrace at the Berghof, Hitler’s vacation home on the Obersalzberg, 1943.
UK, WW2
“Not ready for these shoes.” The Montreal Star’s portrayal of the Congolese people, 1960
Brazilian street in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of Brazil, in 1940. (LIFE Magazine)
Poster from 1999 when Serbia shot down the new NATO stealth bomber with outdated anti air tech
German soldiers in Russia 1942 January
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