two children pictured holding hands. In the photograph, Rosa looks light-skinned girl, and Isaac, a black-skinned boy; both dressed in middle-class attire: a petticoat for Rosa, and a suit for Isaac. Both face and look into the camera. Captioned on image at the bottom reads: “Isaac and Rosa, Emancipated slave children, from the free Schools of Louisiana. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by GEO. H. HANKS, in the Clerk's Office of the United States, for the Southern District of New Yor

Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children. Creation: 1863. Photographer: Kimball (New York, N.Y). Collection: Cartes de visite. Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Isaac White and Rosina Downs

Transcript below

Isaac White and Rosina Downs

Isaac and Rosa.

Emancipated children respectively from Louisiana and New Orleans enrolled in a school established in New Orleans for the education of Black people. Taken to Philadelphia and New York to be photographed, as part of a fund-raising campaign to support the education of Blacks. Aged eight and seven when this photograph was taken in 1863.

End of Transcript

Many thanks to the speaker Linden D Anderson from the Schomburg Center

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries.