Abolitionist Harriet Hayden's photo albums show 19th-century Black lives
The exhibit "Framing Freedom" at the Boston Athenaeum provides a nuanced look into Hayden's life and the larger anti-slavery movement in the city.
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The exhibit "Framing Freedom" at the Boston Athenaeum provides a nuanced look into Hayden's life and the larger anti-slavery movement in the city.
A deeper look at Edward Mitchell Bannister, the Black painter who changed Providence By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated February 4, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Edward Mitchell Bannister's "Hay Gatherers," painted around 1893.Wikipedia NEWPORT, R.I. â Making his way through the crowd at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, Edward Mitchell Bannister brushed aside the barbs and the jibes along with the bodies that stood in his way. âAs I jostled among them,â he wrote years later, âmany resented my presence, some actually commenting within my hearing in the m...