The daguerreotypes of Renty Taylor, his daughter Delia, along with other enslaved men and women, more than presenting subjects bound by unfreedom, offer evidence of the violence and brutality of American slavery, whose dismissals and denials haunt the nation still.

Kimberly Juanita Brown
Kimberly Juanita Brown is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. Her research and teaching gather at the intersection of contemporary literature and visual culture, particularly photography.