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   Delia Taylor ( fl. March 1850–52) Renty Taylor ( c. 1775 - after c. 1866 ), also known as Renty Thompson or Papa Renty, was an African man of the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in the Congo Basin, he was captured and enslaved and brought to the United States and sold as a slave. He worked on the cotton plantation owned by Benjamin Franklin Taylor.

   • Children: Delia Taylor (fl. March 1850–52)
   • Other names: Renty Thomson, Papa Renty

   • Known for: Being one of the subjects of the oldest known slave photos
   • Died: unknown; after c. 1866 (aged at least 91), probably Columbia, South Carolina

2. www.usatoday.com › story › newsWho was Renty? The story of the slave whose racist photos ...

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   Mar 21, 2019 · The photos of Renty and his daughter Delia, taken in the nude in March 1850 against their will for a Harvard University professor, are now the subject of a lawsuit that Lanier, 54, filed...

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   Who was Renty Taylor?

   • Renty Taylor, also known as Renty Thompson or Papa Renty, ( c. 1775–after 1865) was a man born in Congo Basin, who was transported into America and enslaved. He lived on the cotton plantation owned by Benjamin Franklin Taylor.

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   Why was Papa Renty called Renty Taylor?

   • "Papa Renty" took the name Renty Taylor after the Civil War. It's unknown when he died. Lanier said Renty was called "The black African" when he was alive because he was born in Africa, the Congo. It was rare for U.S. slaves by the mid-19th century, to be born in Africa as opposed to the U.S, she said.

   Harvard slavery lawsuit: Who was Renty, the American slave in photos

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   Who bought Renty Taylor & how did he get his name?

   • She said Renty was purchased in the early 1800s by Col. Thomas Taylor, the father of Benjamin Taylor whose family owned much of the land where Columbia, South Carolina was built. "Papa Renty" took the name Renty Taylor after the Civil War. It's unknown when he died.

   Harvard slavery lawsuit: Who was Renty, the American slave in photos

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4. face2faceafrica.com › article › all-about-renty-theAll about Renty, the African slave whose nude, racist images ...

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   Jun 28, 2022 · Mildred Europa Taylor June 28, 2022. Tamara Lanier holds an 1850 photograph of a South Carolina enslaved person named Renty, who Lanier said is her family's patriarch, on July 17, 2018, at...

   • Author: Mildred Europa Taylor

5. www.minnpost.com › other-nonprofit-media › 2023A racist Harvard scientist commissioned photos of enslaved ...

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   Oct 9, 2023 · The 1870 census shows an 86-year-old man named Renty living in Columbia with people whose names also appeared on Benjamin Taylor’s slave inventory. This Renty was African-born, a distinct...

6. www.reuters.com › world › usHarvard must face lawsuit over 'horrific' slave photos ...

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   Jun 23, 2022 · The images depict Renty Taylor and his daughter Delia, slaves on a South Carolina plantation who were forced to disrobe for photos taken for a racist study by Harvard Professor Louis...

7. www.washingtonpost.com › opinions › 2021/11/10Opinion | Renty and Delia Taylor were once enslaved. Can ...

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   Nov 10, 2021 · The images in question are of Renty Taylor and his daughter Delia, who were among several enslaved people at South Carolina plantations photographed by Joseph T. Zealy in 1850. Zealy made the...

8. historynewsnetwork.org › article › 181330The Ongoing Battle over Photographs of the Enslaved at ...

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   Sep 16, 2021 · He came up with a name: Renty Taylor. Morrison’s Ancestry.com search pulled up a photograph of Renty from 1850—one of Agassiz’s daguerreotypes. Further searches provided Lanier with...