the earliest that springs immediately to mind is John Richard Archer
Born: 8th June 1863, Blake St nr Lime Street Stn, Liverpool
Died: 1932
Family Background: His father, Richard Archer, was a Barbadian ship
steward his mother, Mary Theresa Burns was Irish born.
Key Details: Archer was a photography student from Liverpool who
developed an interest in local politics. As a young man Archer had left
Liverpool & traveled the world living for periods of time in the West
Indies, North America & Canada. He & his wife, Bertha, a black
Canadian, set up home at 55 Brynmaer Road, at the south end of
Battersea Park. Battersea had been the home of the Anti-Slavery Clapham
Sect, an organization led by Granville Sharpe & Thomas Clarkson.
Archer earned his living as a photographer, with a studio at 214
Battersea Park Road, London.
On 11 Sep 2008, at 16:48, marcia michael wrote:
> Dear Sir//Madam
>
> I wonder if you could help me.
> I am studying at LCC in London in MA photography and I am trying my
> best
> to track down an early image of a black person in Britain or /and an
> image made by a black person of a black person in Britain.
> I am looking for images made from the inset of photography , so 1849
> up
> until 1900 the earlier the better.
> I would be very happyl if you could direct me in the right direction
>
> Regards
>
> Marcia Michael
>
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