Historical Photograph: Laura M. Towne, Dick, Maria, Amoretta

Laura Towne

Historical Photograph: Laura M. Towne, Dick, Maria, Amoretta

02/1866

Historical Photograph

The University of North Carolina Special Collections Library features a 1866 photo of Laura Towne, a White abolitionist, missionary, educator, and physician from the North. Towne is seated and holding a book in front of three African American children.

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The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina (Contributor: Penn Center)

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