Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. cabinet card portrait, circa 1856

Portrait of Jesse Ewing Glasgow, Jr. (c. 1837-1860). "Glasgow was the first graduate of the Institute for Colored Youth in 1856. After graduating from the Institute, Glasgow continued his studies abroad. He had been accepted into the prestigious University of Edinburgh in Scotland. On December 20, 1...

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Collection:The Leon and Beatrice M. Gardiner collection (#0008B)
Alternate Date:Circa 1856
Dimensions:10.7 x 15.7 cm
Box Number:Box 7G(1)
Format: Electronic
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Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/1671
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title Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. cabinet card portrait, circa 1856
spellingShingle Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. cabinet card portrait, circa 1856
Cabinet cards
Cabinet card photographs
Quakers--Education
Famous Black Americans
African American universities and colleges
African American men
title_sort Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. cabinet card portrait, circa 1856
title_txt_mv Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. cabinet card portrait, circa 1856
display_date_txt_mv Circa 1856
genre Cabinet
dimensions_txt_mv 10.7 x 15.7 cm
description Portrait of Jesse Ewing Glasgow, Jr. (c. 1837-1860). "Glasgow was the first graduate of the Institute for Colored Youth in 1856. After graduating from the Institute, Glasgow continued his studies abroad. He had been accepted into the prestigious University of Edinburgh in Scotland. On December 20, 1860, Glasgow was nearly finished his course of study at Edinburgh when he died of illness. When the news of his premature death reached Philadelphia, his friends, including the Institute for Colored Youth&rsquo;s Board of Managers and the members of the Banneker Institute, issued statements of sorrow over the loss. writer to <em>The Christian Recorder</em> proudly commented that during a time when African Americans suffered from a position of inferiority in the United States, Jesse Glasgow was a young man &ldquo;capable of making strides in learning that excited the envy of his white-skinned fellows.&rdquo; His achievements at the Institute for Colored Youth and the University of Edinburgh embodied one of the primary principles of the Institute&rsquo;s Quaker Board of Managers: that given the opportunity, African Americans could demonstrate intellectual equality with whites." <br /> <br /> &nbsp
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Cabinet cards
LCSH: Cabinet card photographs
LCSH: Quakers--Education
LCSH: Famous Black Americans
LCSH: African American universities and colleges
LCSH: African American men
topic Cabinet cards
Cabinet card photographs
Quakers--Education
Famous Black Americans
African American universities and colleges
African American men
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rights_statement_txt_mv Unknown
collection The Leon and Beatrice M. Gardiner collection
collection_number_str_mv 0008B
box_number_str Box 7G(1)
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