First photos of slaves in 1850 sent to South Carolina Museum - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

First photos of slaves in 1850 sent to South Carolina Museum - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. – Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are finally going back to South Carolina. Harvard University turned the photos over to the International African American Museum in Charleston after a seven-year legal fight, the museum announced this week. The 1850 daguerreotypes, a pr…