A taste of freedom: black America in the 19th century in pictures

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An archive revealed by Cornell University exceeds the cliches of cotton-pickers to reveal African Americans welcoming life after slavery

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/feb/09/taste-of-freedom-black-america-19th-century-photographer-in-pictures-cornell-university-archive