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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
Ballot for 1978 Chilean political programme referendum
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My great great great great grandmother who lived from 1799-1892
Soviet propaganda poster from the 1960s
As much as I want, you say.
One of William Shatner’s ads for the Commodore VIC-20, 1981
A Japanese boy waiting in line at the crematorium with his deceased baby brother on his back, Nagasaki, August 1945.
“Self determination for the Black Belt. Vote communist”, USA, 1932
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