kong
03-01-2012, 05:21 AM
'White' slaves used for 1860s fundraiser propaganda
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Fundraiser organizers used lighter skinned mixed race slave children as part of an campaign to raise money for African American schools in the 1860s. They believed that lighter skinned slaves would garner more sympathy, and in turn more money, for their cause.
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http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3192/article210745811f33aeb0.jpg
Fundraiser organizers used lighter skinned mixed race slave children as part of an campaign to raise money for African American schools in the 1860s. They believed that lighter skinned slaves would garner more sympathy, and in turn more money, for their cause.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8739/article210745811f33aa30.jpg