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unknown, fl. 1863 Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09841.01 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1863 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Cabinet Card Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 6.8 cm Order a Copy

One undated cabinet card of a portrait of Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a five-year-old girl who was emancipated from indentured servitude.

Lawrence, Fannie Virginia Casseopia, 1858-?

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