About This Item

  • TitleFannie Virginia Gasseopia [i.e. Casseopia] Lawrence
  • Call NumberCHUR_0093
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPortrait of a nineteenth century girl seated, wearing dark blue (?) fancy dress holding small bouquet of flowers in left hand. Caption: "From a daguerreotype of Fannie Virginia Gasseopia [Casseopia] Lawrence, a five-year-old slave child auctioned off and freed in May, 1863, by Henry Ward Beecher from the pulpit of the Plymouth Church [of the Pilgrims, 75 Hicks Street].
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genrephotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Apr. 17/38. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPlymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Slaves -- Emancipation ; Portrait photography [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.