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This video delves into the complex history of 'white slave propaganda' used during the abolitionist movement, examining how images of white-looking enslaved children were strategically employed to garner sympathy from Northern white audiences. It explores the moral ambiguities involved in this approach and questions the implications it had on notions of race, childhood innocence, and the politics of empathy in the fight against slavery.

REFERENCES:
B William Jay, Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (1853)
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http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/...
Harper’s Weekly. Vol. 8 No. 370 (January 30, 1864): 66, 71.
http://www.mirrorofrace.org/joan.php
https://web.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/spe...

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Watch the Episode 1 that started the whole journey:
   • In 1930, our ethnicity changed!  

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   • Our ancestry was hidden to protect us...  

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Come join me on a new docu-series that explores identity, racial tensions in the South during the 20th century, and the unique experiences of those who historically called Louisiana home.
My name is Danielle Romero, and all my life, I have romanticized Louisiana.
Growing up in New York, it represented a place where I could step back the sepia-toned life of my great grandmother, Lola Perot, who died before I was born.
Now, it was time to go back to Louisiana--although I had no idea what the truth would be or what questions to ask---who was Lola really? Who were we?