Painting of the <i>Black Admiral</i>, or <i>Black Privateer Sailor</i> in its current state, 2020. Revolutionary War-era U.S. painting of unknown provenance that appears to depict a black man in U.S. naval uniform. In 2005, it was revealed that this 18th-century painting was merely a white sailor overlaid in the mid-to-late 20th century with African features.
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Anonymous 18th-century painter</div>
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