Daguerreotype: An old type of photograph, used to photograph subjects scientifically Agassiz: A scientist who was an advocate of polygenesis and racial science

  • Advocated for observation, told students to look at subjects for hours at a time
  • Ties into the daguerreotype and the fact that it is an accurate representation of its subjects Zealy: Agassiz’s student who took daguerreotypes of black people for further study Racial science/scientific racism: Racial science is the study of different races, their genetic differences, and theories about different evolutionary paths (different species); scientific racism is general racism in the scientific community Polygenesis: The theory that black people evolved from a different species and are inferior to whites