‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met

The Met recently acquired “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” a 19th-century Louisiana portrait with a secret: For over a 100 years, the image of an enslaved child was erased. This is his story.

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