Renty Taylor

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Renty Taylor (c. 1775-after 1865), also known as Renty Thompson or Papa Renty, was an African man of the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in the Congo Basin, he was captured and enslaved and brought to the United States and sold as a slave. He worked on the cotton plantation owned by Benjamin Franklin Taylor. He was one of the subjects of the oldest known slave photos, which were taken by under the supervision of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz in March 1850, whose ideas were used to support the enslavement of Africans in the United States and promote white supremacy. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Renty Taylor
rdf:langString probably Columbia, South Carolina
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rdf:langString c. 1775
rdf:langString Unknown name
rdf:langString Renty Taylor in March 1850
rdf:langString Delia Taylor
rdf:langString unknown; after 1865
rdf:langString Being one of the subjects of the oldest known slave photos
rdf:langString Renty Thomson, Papa Renty
rdf:langString Renty Taylor (c. 1775-after 1865), also known as Renty Thompson or Papa Renty, was an African man of the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in the Congo Basin, he was captured and enslaved and brought to the United States and sold as a slave. He worked on the cotton plantation owned by Benjamin Franklin Taylor. He was one of the subjects of the oldest known slave photos, which were taken by under the supervision of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz in March 1850, whose ideas were used to support the enslavement of Africans in the United States and promote white supremacy.
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rdf:langString Renty Thomson, Papa Renty
rdf:langString Unknown name
xsd:gYear 1775
xsd:gYear 1865

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