Title

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

Caption

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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM23A42_465

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,5Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,7in x 15,8in / 3802 x 4730 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black male library man men country frame guy color west africa photography location century sepia concept controversy African American picture frame African-American Liberia afro-american MONOCHROME Library of Congress framed controversial United States of America Colour Liberian 19th century studio portrait nineteenth century sergeant American America USA daguerreotype sergeant at arms photograph portrait united states Congressional Library Heritage Art daguerreotype Augustus Washington Washington Augustus 19th-century still image