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I am a man, your brother [graphic] / GB sc.
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Title
I am a man, your brother [graphic] / GB sc.
Publisher
[London: s.n]
Publisher
ENGLAND. London. 1824
Date
[1824]
Physical Description
1 print: woodcut; image 10 x 10 cm. (3.75 x 4 in)
Description
Title page vignette to Heyrick's militant call for immediate and uncompensated abolition of slavery revises the classic antislavery symbol of the supplicant slave, kneeling prayerfully and pleading "Am I not a man and a brother." In Heyrick's version, the supplicant stands upright, with broken chains at his feet and declares "I am a man, your brother."
Is part of
Heyrick, Elizabeth, 1769-1831. Immediate, not gradual abolution. London: Printed by R. Clay, Devonshire-Street, Bishopsgate.: Sold by F. Westley, 10, Stationers' Court, & S. Burton, 156, Leadenhall Street; and by all booksellers and newsmen., 1824.
Notes
Title page vignette in Elizabeth Heyrick's Immediate, Not Gradual Abolution (London: printed by R. Clay, Devonshire-Street, Bishopsgate.: Sold by F. Westley, 10, Stationers' Court; & S. Burton, 156, Leadenhall Street; and by all booksellers and newsmen, 1824).
Caption reads: "He hath made of one blood all nations of men." -- Acts xvii. 26.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject
Slaves.
Shackles.
Genre
Woodcuts -- 1820-1830.
Book illustrations -- 1820-1830.
Anti-slavery prints -- 1820-1830.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1824 Heyr 70373.O title page vignette
Accession number
70373.O
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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