{"id":20948,"date":"2012-02-28T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T16:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2012-03-24T18:49:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T18:49:05","slug":"the-white-slave-children-of-new-orleans-images-of-pale-mixed-race-slaves-used-to-drum-up-sympathy-among-wealthy-donors-in-1860s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=20948","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;white&#8217; slave children of New Orleans: Images of pale mixed-race slaves used to drum up sympathy among wealthy donors in 1860s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2107458\/The-white-slave-children-New-Orleans-Images-pale-mixed-race-slaves-used-drum-sympathy-funds-wealthy-donors-1860s.html\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8216;white&#8217; slave children of New Orleans: Images of pale mixed-race slaves used to drum up sympathy among wealthy donors in 1860s<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a><br \/>\n2012-02-28<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2107458\/The-white-slave-children-New-Orleans-Images-pale-mixed-race-slaves-used-drum-sympathy-funds-wealthy-donors-1860s.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/02\/28\/article-2107458-11F33AEB000005DC-575_470x761.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/02\/28\/article-2107458-11F33ADB000005DC-386_470x761.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/02\/28\/article-2107458-11F33AB0000005DC-275_470x804.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When eight former slaves aimed to drum up support for struggling African-American schools in the 1860s, they believed they had just the thing.<\/p>\n<p>In order to garner sympathy &#8211; and funds &#8211; from rich northerners as they toured the country, organisers from New Orleans portrayed the slaves as white for a propaganda campaign, using four children with mixed-race ancestry and pale complexions.<\/p>\n<p>They believed the white faces of Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs and Augusta Broujey would encourage donors to sympathise with the plight of recently-emancipated slaves and give more generously&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;They soon discovered it was near-impossible to find sympathy and support in a war-torn and racially-prejudiced county&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article and view 11 other photographs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2107458\/The-white-slave-children-New-Orleans-Images-pale-mixed-race-slaves-used-drum-sympathy-funds-wealthy-donors-1860s.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;white&#8217; slave children of New Orleans: Images of pale mixed-race slaves used to drum up sympathy among wealthy donors in 1860s Daily Mail 2012-02-28 \u00a0\u00a0 When eight former slaves aimed to drum up support for struggling African-American schools in the 1860s, they believed they had just the thing. 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