Photo sepia 1800's. Mixed race baby and mother

I came across this photo in a flea market, On the back it says Maggie and Goldie. A mixed raced baby in the arms of a loving mother. What was society like for this mom and her baby Goldie?

I found out that sepia photographs were taken in the 1880's and the pigment used to create the hues of browns actually helped preserve the photos.

I was happy to take Maggie and Goldie home with me and I look at it often wondering what challenges she and her child faced in life during a time when interracial marriage was not the norm or even close to it.

To me Maggie represents a beautiful Madonna and child.