African Americans -- Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Craft and Crum families papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1102
Abstract
William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891) were slaves who met on a plantation in Macon, Georgia. Unwilling to raise children in slavery, in December 1848 they devised a plan to escape to Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Ellen dressed as an invalid male, her arm in a sling to avoid writing (neither William nor Ellen could read or write) and face in bandages to obscure her feminine voice and lack of facial hair. William accompanied her as a servant. They arrived in Philadelphia on...
Dates:
1780-2007
DeCosta family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1101
Abstract
The DeCosta Family papers, 1870-2010, document the lives of four generations of the DeCosta family, beginning with Benjamin Rhodes and Martha Elizabeth Adams DeCosta. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of various family members and family units within the family lineage. Other materials document family members's educational pursuits and professional and personal lives through diplomas, commencement programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, obituaries, funeral programs,...
Dates:
1850-2010