Photos Of 1850s-1880s Black America

[Swirv]

At one time we outnumbered them. Things could’ve turned out different.

 

[LordDeathwatch]

Having worked at the Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, I've seen a multitude of photography from this era and each one seems to dig into your subconscious. So many layers to unpack.

 

[HarlemHottie]

Having worked at the Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore, I've seen a multitude of photography from this era and each one seems to dig into your subconscious. So many layers to unpack.

Went there when I was little. Very impactful.

Paschal Beverly Randolph - Wikipedia

Books by Randolph, Paschal Beverly (sorted by popularity)

 

[Strapped]

Winters were cold

 

[invalid]

A pair of former Slaves, photographed after their escape

They were so young.

Reminds me of the young brehs I see out here in Chicago just trying to survive.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Paschal Beverly Randolph - Wikipedia

Books by Randolph, Paschal Beverly (sorted by popularity)

He certainly had an interesting and eccentric life. These are the stories that I love to hear about.
Motivates me to have had my own eccentric story to tell when it's all over.

 

[invalid]

Wilson Chinn, a sixty year old former slave was branded on the forehead with his owner's initials, 'V. B. M.' Chinn is wearing a contraption and irons designed to prevent slave escapes. At lower left is a slave paddle. Ca. 1864.

This NOBLE black man just got me HYPED. No matter the fact that his owner has his name imprinted on him. No matter the fact that he is enchained from head to foot....................................


Look at that resolve on his face.

It's like he's telling the photographer "Don't let them fukk up and take these irons off .........."

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[Edub]

Sadly in 135 years or so aint much changed, still salves to the game. We might have even less power now then we had then.



Powerful pictures

After 135 years and not much has changed huh............im all for calling out the bullshyt of today....but seriously let’s not disrespect these ancestors trying to act like our woes compare to theirs....because they don’t slime ....not even close.

 

[Savvir]

alot of coli posters will look at these pics and say that 2018 racism is the same exact level of racism they dealt with

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

At a loss for words for so many reasons

 

[Savvir]

We might have even less power now then we had then.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Thanks

 

[RNS]

You can see the pain in their souls.... got me heated

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

Sadly in 135 years or so aint much changed, still salves to the game. We might have even less power now then we had then.



Powerful pictures

I see a lot of dumbass statements on this site, but this right here is the winner.

 

[The Mad Titan]

I see a lot of dumbass statements on this site, but this right here is the winner.

If you and whoever reads that doesn't have enough deduction skills to understand the statement then


But go ahead and flex some of that "power" that we have acquired in america as black people so I can see it in action.


Wait! You're going to tell me we can walk on the same roads as white people, that we aren't slaves physically to white supremacy, passing laws, getting money and can move around freely right?


"No one group should have all that power"