Who are these people?

What do the photos tell you about who they might be?

Follow up:

• To find out more about these photos, go to http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/african-americans-and-emancipation/resources/slave-children-new-orleans-1863 and http://usslave.blogspot.com/2013/12/slave-children-of-new-orleans-1863.html