Faces of Freedom
The following photographs have all been produced using the Ambrotype method which was invented in the years preceding the beginning of the civil war in 1856. The images had been in the possession of Iris Bell Sloman whose ancestors had sought freedom in Canada. The dates around which these photos were taken are suggestive of the fact that most if not all of the people featured would have been Runaways on the verge of beginning a new life in the north.
Young woman photgraphed by N. C. Shorey at Toronto
Young African American woman seated at table
Young African American woman standing with purse
Unidentified man by J. W Cole
Unidentified African American woman leaning on chair
Two young women seated with man
Three African American women
Small Cabinet Card of African American Man by John S. Thom, of Lucan, Ontario
Signed tintype of African American men in derby hats
Seated African American gentleman
Sad young African American girl perched on bench
Portrait of Ruth by George A Hamsstreet
Man in derby hat leaning against chair
Girl peering through lattice
Cabinet card portrait by I. H lewiss of Toronto
Cabinet card of African Canadian by photographer W . J Rea of Windsor
Seated African American woman with young girl
African American woman with fan
African american woman standing with book
African American man standing at wooden fence
African American gentleman sitting on stool
2 black gentlemen photographed by Jhon Cooper, London, St Thomas
