Details
Title [Consequences of emancipation] [graphic].
Publisher [Boston: s.n]
Date [1836]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; overall 18 x 11 cm. (7 x 4.25 in)
Description In the foreground center, a black man reads aloud from the Bible while a girl kneels and prays before him. In their immediatie proximity, a mother holds her two small children. Behind them, several figures perform various chores and tasks. A group congregates in the middle-ground, and what looks to be a representation of Monticello is visible in the background.
Is part of American anti-slavery almanac, for 1837 Boston: Published by N. Southard & D.K. Hitchcock, 1836.
Notes Front cover of the American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1837 (Boston: Published by N. Southard & D.K. Hitchcock, 1836).
Two captions appear underneath the image: "A sketch from God's description of the 'Consequences of Emancipation.' Psa. 58." and "We hold these truths to be self-evident -- that all men are created equal."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
Free African Americans -- Domestic life.
African American families -- United States.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Anti-slavery prints -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1836 Ame Ant 16996.D cover page
Accession number 16996.D