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Former Slaves: 1916
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 7:33pm.
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Washington, D.C., 1916. "Convention of former slaves. Annie Parram, age 104; Anna Angales, age 105; Elizabeth Berkeley, 125; Sadie Thompson, 110." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
125!!!
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 10:33pm.
I hope at least some of those 100+ years were happy ones for these women.
[Indeed. Even if the ages given might not be super-accurate, there's history written on these faces. -Dave]
God's Gift?
Submitted by JohnHoward on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 10:29pm.
They were blessed with living twice the typical lifespan of that era. It's as if they were granted a 2nd lifetime to be free women, after having their 1st one taken from them by slavery.
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