Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, the famous

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, the famous redeemed slave, at age 5. Her adopted mother was active in the anti-slavery movement. She exploited Fannies white appearance, to evoke horror of slavery, that a black child of the same age, would not. Civil War era photo, c. 1863. Photo by Van Dorn, Brooklyn, NY

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