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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
My great-grandmother at 25, 1933
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Russian linguist and decipher of the Mayan script Yuri Knorozov holding his cat Asya. He always listed Asya as his co-author, but the editors always removed her. He also always used this photo taken around 1980 as the author photo, and was annoyed when the editors cropped her out.
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