Abolitionist REV TW LEWIS Rare 1860s CDV Photo Freed Slave Missionary Methodist anson posing with his dulcimer

posing with his dulcimer

translated as "The White Woman of the Genesee"

Housed in half of a case that is missing its cover

"Winfield Courier

These albums are an unusual size at about 16” x 8”

Abolitionist REV TW LEWIS Rare 1860s CDV Photo Freed Slave Missionary Methodist anson posing with his dulcimerOriginal early 1860s CDV of Reverend Timothy Willard Lewis (1825 1871), by Black & Case, Boston. Lewis was a missionary to freed black slaves, and during the Reconstruction Era in South Carolina established the Charleston Advocate, a newspaper intended for an African American audience. Portrait taken by Black shortly before he departed to South Carolina in 1862. 4" x 2. 5". Very good antique condition.. very tiny bit of liftin of the image in the