[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. "Children of Slaves" Freedmen's School CDV and gem-sized tintype.

Studio portrait of 5 Black children. Bangor, ME: M.G. Trask, ca 1869. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (minor toning). -- Studio portrait of the same children. N.p., n.d. 3/4 x 1 in. tintype. (small chip to upper right corner). Together, 2 photographs.

These images were used to promote and fundraise for the Williston School in Wilmington, NC, founded in 1866 by the American Missionary Society to educate the formerly enslaved and their children. Five young students were chosen in 1869 to tour the country and they visited Bangor on 5 August 1869, which was announced in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier: "Children of Slaves, at the city Hall this (Friday) evening there will be a practical illustration of the work of teachers among the freedmen. Mr. Edward P. Stone, with two teachers and five colored children from the Orphan Asylum and Williston School, Wilmington, NC, will be present. Singing, speaking, and recitations by the children."

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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. "Children of Slaves" Freedmen's School CDV and gem-sized tintype.

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