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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
A young Luftwaffe soldier named Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, later known as Pope Benedict XVI, Germany 1943
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My paternal grandparent’s wedding photo (1936)
Soviet anti-Chinese poster in a military base in Mongolia: “Soldier! Remember! This wild Chinese is 6 kilometers away from you!”, 1980s
Anti-apartheid sign in Karachi, (then British India). Circa 1940s (pre-partition)
Leftist woman handing out anti-shah manifesto. Tehran, iran, 1979. (688×473)
2500-year celebration of the Persian Empire. Persepolis, Iran. October 1971
“The Islamic State Is Remaining, Because it was established on the skulls of crusaders” (Iraq, 2008)
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