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Photo of young slaves fuels dispute over origin and value
Raleigh report centers on a century-old albumen photo bought for 50000 by Keya Morgan. Experts debate whether the two children are slaves or emancipated, with online copies prompting questions about originality while ties to Brady’s studio are explored.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Keya Morgan
Morgan
Associated Press
eBay
New York Public Library
New York
Will Stapp
National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
John
John F. Kennedy
Jerome Nelson Wilson
Wilson
Stapp
Mathew Brady
Bob Zeller
Center For Civil War Photography
Brady
Zeller
George W. Potter
Potter
North Carolina State Archives
Harold Holzer
Lincoln
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charlotte