Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 317

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Pelot & Cole, photographers. Cabinet card of Alexander Kent and his employer Alexander Stephens. Albumen photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, on original mount with printed caption reading "Hon. Alex. H. Stephens at home, Liberty Hall, Crawfordville, Ga." and photographer's backmark; minor foxing. Augusta, GA, 1878

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Alexander Kent (circa 1850-1903) was born into slavery, and after emancipation became the longtime personal servant of the former Confederate vice president Alexander Stephens. Kent was often photographed at the side of Stephens and received a bequest of $200 from his estate in 1883. Kent then spent ten years as servant to Georgia governor Joseph E. Brown.