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International African American Museum Acquires '1850 Daguerreotypes'

03/14/2026

The International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina, has officially acquired a set of 15 daguerreotypes, dating to 1850, that scholars believe to be the earliest known photographs taken of enslaved Americans. The seven enslaved people photographed for …

Метки : афроамериканская историярабствофотографиикультурная памятьмузейнаследие

Hidden Tunnel in New York Museum was Used as 'Safe House' by Slaves

02/12/2026

A historic Manhattan home that’s long been a window into 19th-century New York life has revealed an unexpected secret. It turns out the Merchant’s House Museum, a preserved landmark in the NoHo neighborhood, appears to have once served as a …

Метки : манхэттенмузейистория.рабствооткрытиеаболиционизм

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro Files Brief Against Removal of Slavery Exhibit

01/29/2026

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s removal of an exhibit about slavery at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. That exhibit, entitled “Freedom …

Метки : пенсильванияфиладельфиятрампрабствоистория.правительство

Trump Seeks to Erase Visual Evidence of Slavery at National Parks

09/19/2025

Trump Seeks to Erase Visual Evidence of Slavery at National Parks The administration of Donald Trump has ordered the removal of an 1863 photograph showing the heavily scarred back of a formerly enslaved man from a national park. The photo, …

Метки : трампрабствоистория.национальные паркиполитические измененияамериканская культура

Trump Orders National Park to Remove 'Scourged Back' Photograph

09/16/2025

Following a threatened crackdown on what he his administration called “corrosive ideology” in American museums, Donald Trump has ordered a national park to remove a famous photograph of a formerly enslaved man baring his scarred back. The Washington Post, which …

Метки : дональд трампрабствонациональные паркифотографияискусствоистория.

National Parks Service Alters Webpages on Jim Crow and Slavery

04/07/2025

The National Parks Service has edited dozens of webpages since President Trump’s inauguration, seemingly to remove or soften references to slavery, racial division, the civil rights struggle, the Jim Crow era, and other parts of American history, according an analysis …

Метки : служба национальных парковисторические изменениярабстворасизмпрезидент трампгражданские права