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Harvard Slave Photos Prompt Lawsuit By Woman Who Says She Is A Descendant
A Connecticut woman is suing Harvard University for using and profiting from two 19th century photos of two slaves she says are her ancestors.
She is asking a Massachusetts court to order Harvard to turn over the photos to her and pay unspecified damages, on the grounds that the slaves didn't give their consent to have their picture taken by a photographer commissioned by a Harvard professor in 1850.
