사진을 검토한 학자들은 남북전쟁 당시 노예였거나 막 해방된 어린이를 찍은 것으로 이런 사진은 극도로 희귀하다고 말했다.
Scholars who reviewed the photos said they were children who had been slaves or had just been liberated during the Civil War and that these photos were extremely rare.