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The moral character of the Africo-Americans [graphic].
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Contributor
American Anti-Slavery Society.
Title
The moral character of the Africo-Americans [graphic].
Publisher
[New York: s.n]
Publisher
NY. New York. 1836
Date
[April 1836]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 5 x 7 cm. (2 x 2.75 in)
Description
Set in New York, the image shows William Peterson, a black boy who prepares to rescue a white boy who has fallen through the ice while skating. Next him, a white boy supports another skater whom Peterson has saved from drowning. A few others continue to skate in the background.
Is part of
Anti-slavery record. New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-1837.
Notes
Caption title vignette in the Anti-Slavery Record (New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-1837), vol. II, no. IV (April, 1836), whole no. 16, p. 1.
Small caption underneath the image reads: "William Peterson -- The Heroic Colored Boy."
Curator's note: Notice here the use of the term "Africo-Americans," used infrequently but persistently by some African Americans and abolitionists from at least the early 1830s through the Civil War period. The common usage of "blacks" and "Africans" was supplanted in the 1820s with "Negro" common among most whites, and "Colored" among most African Americans. As in all the terms used to describe black Americans over time, there is a nationalist-assimilationists dichotomy at work here, with "Africo-Americans" suggesting separate nationality and culture, and "Colored" suggesting darker-hued members of the common American nation and culture.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject
Rescues -- New York -- New York.
Skating -- New York -- New York.
Geographic subject
United States -- Race relations.
Genre
Engravings -- 1830-1840.
Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per A 245 60026.D v 2 n 4 cover page
Accession number
60026.D
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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