Carte-de-visite album of Delaware abolitionist John Hunn (1818-1894) and the Jenkins family Mid 19th century

Embossed morocco album with ferrotype, albumen, cartes-de-visite, some tinted, includes one portrait of African-American school boy, thirty-nine images, together with seven daguerreotypes of Hunn/Jenkin family members.

Provenance: From a descendant of the Hunn/Jenkins family to the present owner

A Quaker farmer from Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware, Hunn was a Station master in the Delaware Underground Railroad. In 1848, Hunn and Wilmington Quaker, Thomas Garrett, were found guilty of aiding runaway slaves and both lost property and businesses.

Embossed morocco album with ferrotype, albumen, cartes-de-visite, some tinted, includes one portrait of African-American school boy, thirty-nine images, together with seven daguerreotypes of Hunn/Jenkin family members.

5 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.

Provenance: From a descendant of the Hunn/Jenkins family to the present owner