国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「This silver gelatin print, likely from the late 1800s, is a reminder: not all girls had a childhood. Instead, they had to work. From slavery to Jim Crow, many Black girls worked in fields and as nannies at a young age. Most girls began work by age five but some girls as young as three carried heavy babies, scrubbed dirty diapers, and stayed up late to mend clothing. Harriet Jacobs was one of the many Black girls born into slavery in the United States who were forced to care for children who legally owned them. When Harriet Jacobs's first enslaver died in 1825, she was left in the will to her enslaver's young niece, a three-year-old girl. As she wrote in her autobiography, reflecting on this period in her life: "I was now the property of their little daughter." Jacobs later escaped from bondage; most other enslaved girls weren't as fortunate. We don't currently the know the names of the children in the photo above, but we do know that this type of portrait was very common. Pictures like the one above were popular because they exhibited a family’s wealth. (Swipe to see other examples from the @librarycongress). Want to keep exploring girlhood with us this month? Start by following the link in our bio and registering for the virtual opening celebration for our new exhibition, Girlhood: It’s complicated, tonight (Thursday, October 8) at 7 pm EDT. 📷: LC-USZC4-5251, LC-DIG-ppmsca-11036, LC-DIG-ppmsca-11038 #BecauseOfHerStory #AmericanHistory #GirlhoodHistory #GirlHistory #Girlhood #WomensHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory Girlhood: It's complicated received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.」10月9日 3時51分