A historian and a collector are defending the authenticity of a photo found in Charlotte that appears to depict slave children, even as critics say copies of the image exist at the New York Public Library and have been sold on eBay, according to an article that ran in the Charlotte Observer on Thursday.
The historian told the Associated Press in article posted today that images of the children seem to be poor-quality copies made years later.
The image in question shows two African-American children, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes.
