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Title
Freed slave children, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1894
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1894
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Die kleinsten befreiten Sklavenkinder in Rungwe 1894." ("The youngest freed slave children in Rungwe 1984."). The image shows six boys. Three of them wear blankets
the others are naked. Imprinted on the image: "d. kleinsten befr. Sklavenkinder. Ostafrika. No. 469" ("T[he] youngest fr[eed] slave children. East Africa. No. 469").
Cf. photo no. 6822. -- Photo is yellowed.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, 1 missing, negative no. 6822 and 460, colored slide 460 and 6822
photographic print, 8.8 x 11.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m5261 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00460
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5261
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00460.jpg
Subject
Slavery
Children
Group portraits
Time Period
1894
Place
Africa
Rungwe
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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