Photographs were gained that showed a rare photo of an enslaved woman that helped saved Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The slave, Selina Gray, was a housekeeper to the Lee family. Before the Cival war, he had many other slaves.
Photographs of slaves, especially at that time, was extremely rare. In fact, this photo was only the second one ever taken in that household of a slave/Slaves. After Lee and his family left, Gray was able to keep their things.
I think it's so awesome to aquire something so rare, and find out even more about what happened years ago. We learn that since slaves were treated as Property, they couldn't really have their picture taken. Also, we see what Gray did for the family, even though she was one slave of many, she still cared for the family. This teaches us about history and certain relationships of the slaves and their "owners"
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