The image of blacks back in Victorian times (1830s to early 1900s) is not always positive but Buzz Feed dug up a bunch of really cool images with a little background about the subjects of the images, below are a few of those images.

Eartha Mary Magdalene White was a humanitarian and philanthropist.

A lifelong resident of Jacksonville, Florida, White amassed her fortunes through serial entrepreneurship in real estate, laundry, dry goods, taxis, and more. Along with her adopted mother, Clara (also pictured), she provided for the hungry and homeless and also built the first public school for black students in nearby Bayard, Florida.

The Honorable Reverend Hiram R. Revels was the first black person to serve in the U.S. Senate.

He only served for about a year for the state of Mississippi from 1870 to 1871 before being appointed as the first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University).

People didn’t only dress up for special occasions, though. Here’s a family lounging for a portrait on a lawn in Georgia around the turn of the century.

And then there’s this little girl, who is clearly not pleased that her parents made her wear such period-appropriate dress.

Hey, we’ve all been there. This photo was taken sometime between 1890 and 1900, and was part of W.

E.B. DuBois’s collection, which was featured at the 1900 World Expo in Paris.

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