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I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage – though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.

Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Henry Ossawa Tanner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1859
Born: June 21
Died: 1937
Died: May 24
Artist
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
University Teacher
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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