Project Summary: The article on J.T. Zealy’s daguerreotypes of slaves that were commissioned by Harvard scientist Louis Agassiz to support his belief of the problematic, racist theory of polygenesis. For this assignment please complete the lesson that highlights the power of photography to impact the transmission of medical knowledge. 1. Read excerpts from Brian Wallis's "Black Bodies, White Science: Louis Agassiz's Slave Daguerreotypes." American Art 9, no. 2 (1995): 39-45, 57-59. 2. Complete the ONLINE Lesson Plan (a PDF file) 3. Write a 300-word post about: • an important point you learned from the Wallis article • an example of what surprised you in this assignment on photography