Widespread publication of enslaved persons’ nude images violates their posthumous privacy rights

Evidence

Second, by widely publishing and distributing copies of Renty’s and Delia’s images of nearly naked bodies, the Museum and University have flagrantly violated Renty’s and Delia’s rights to privacy, which was certainly an anathema to antebellum law, but is an essential ingredient for archival practice. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1233

Categorization

• DEFINE: Flags privacy as an anachronism in antebellum law yet an essential archival norm — a definitional pivot.