Harvard Withdraws After Dispute Over Slave Photos

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Harvard Withdraws After Dispute Over Slave Photos
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Harvard has settled a six-year legal dispute by relinquishing ownership of 175-year-old daguerreotypes of enslaved individuals, which will be transferred to a Black history museum in South Carolina, following claims by a descendant that the images depict her ancestors.

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