This photograph of Charles W. Chesnutt was taken in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in circa 1874, when he would have been about 16 years old. By this age, he was already an assistant teacher at Peabody School in Charlottesville, where he worked under the guidance of teacher Cicero Harris, who was likely related to Charles' grandfather Moses Harris. | Date: circa 1874 | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Collections related to Charles W. ChesnuttDownload Original File
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Cleveland Public Library, Collections related to Charles W. Chesnutt
