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Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, between 1856 and 1858. Creator: Augustus Washington.

Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, between 1856 and 1858. Creator: Augustus Washington.

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Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, between 1856 and 1858. Chancy Brown served as Sargeant at Arms of the Liberian Senate. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. In 1822, the society established a colony on the west coast of Africa, which became the independent nation of Liberia in 1847.

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Creator
  1. Augustus Washington, attributed to: American, African-American: Photographer, daguerreotypist
Medium
  1. Daguerreotype
  2. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
  2. Still image
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3802x4730
File Size : 52,686kb

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  1. 2004664297
  1. 1010029023
  1. 2-962-764
  1. 2004664297
  1. 2962764

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