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Ms. Toad

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7. I'm glad there was a settlement.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2025, 01:03 PM

May 28

Legally, it would have been a challenging case, and the family could easily have lost.

This way the daguerrotypes are out of the control of the entity that was complicit in creating them, and in perpetuating hurtful stereotypes, and they will have the potential to spark conversations guided by the people most directly harmed by them.

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Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 28 OP

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