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Emancipated slaves can take care of themselves [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2765
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Contributor
American Anti-Slavery Society.
Title
Emancipated slaves can take care of themselves [graphic].
Publisher
[New York: s.n]
Publisher
NY. New York. 1838
Date
[1838]
Physical Description
1 print: woodcut; image 4 x 8 cm. (1.75 x 3.25 in)
Description
At the left, the illustration depicts a free black man, or a "paid" laborer. He works vigorously with a hoe, and is dressed in a suit and top hat. At the right, a slave, or an "unpaid" laborer, is shown. He also works with a hoe, but unlike his counterpart, he is barely dressed, and looks weak and despondent.
Is part of
American anti-slavery almanac, for 1839. New York: Published for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838.
Notes
Illustration in the American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1839 (New York: Published for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838), p. 21.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject
Free African Americans -- Employment.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
Slave labor -- United States.
African American agricultural laborers.
Genre
Woodcuts -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1838 Ame Ant 16996.D.3 p 21
Accession number
16996.D.3
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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