Portrait of Henry Laurens is a painting by John Singleton Copley which was uploaded on August 14th, 2016.
Portrait of Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens ( 1724 -1792) American merchant and rice planter from South Carolina, political leader during the Revolutionary War. Laurens had... more
Title
Portrait of Henry Laurens
Artist
John Singleton Copley
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Painting
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Henry Laurens ( 1724 -1792) American merchant and rice planter from South Carolina, political leader during the Revolutionary War. Laurens had earned great wealth as a partner in the largest slave-trading house in North America. In the 1750s alone, this Charleston firm oversaw the sale of more than 8000 enslaved Africans.
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August 14th, 2016
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