Nowhere Else: South Carolina and the Legacy of Scientific Racism

Antebellum South Carolina was the site of scientific innovation, but also a place of deep-seated racism. These interests converged notably in the daguerreotypes of seven enslaved men and women that were made in 1850 by a Columbia photographer. Join Harlan Greene, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Dr. Bernard E. Powers & Molly Rogers for a discussion on why the daguerreotypes could have been made nowhere else, why their legacy still lingers, and how the themes invoked then are still troubling us today.

more about the panel:

Harlan Greene is Scholar in Residence at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, where he previously served as head of special collections, and as manager of reference and archival services at the college’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Dr. Bernard E. Powers is emeritus professor of history at the College of Charleston and director of its Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston.

Jennifer Berry Hawes is a reporter on The Post and Courier’s Watchdog and Public Service team, which handles investigative and other in-depth stories.

Molly Rogers is the Associate Director of the NYU Center for the Humanities and co-editor of "To Make Their Own Way in the World: The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes"