Harvard sanitized the history of the Zealy daguerreotypes and profited from them

Evidence

“In 1976, Harvard discovered that the daguerreotypes were stored on its campus, realized their incalculable value as the earliest known photographs of American slaves, and commenced a decades-long campaign to sanitize the history of the images and exploit them for prestige and profit.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 779

Categorization

• XREF: Core doctrine of the case — that Harvard held stolen images and reframed their origin. Connects to the reader’s running theme of how institutions hold stolen things.