Details
Title [Liberator masthead, 1838] [graphic].
Publisher [Boston: s.n]
Publisher MA. Boston. 1838
Date [March 1838]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; vignette 7 x 21 cm. (2.5 x 8.25 in)
Description Divided into two halves, the masthead vignette contrasts the consequences of slavery and the benefits of emancipation. Scene to the left is a reworking of the original masthead illustration of 1831 showing a slave auction with a slave being whipped in the background and a capitol building adorned with a flag reading "Liberty." A common graphic strategy of abolitionists was to picture scenes of slavery alongside symbols of American freedom such as the capitol, the flag, etc. In this revised version, the slave auction is set on Freedom St., and joining it on the right is a scene showing emancipated slaves enjoying the benefits of freedom. Added vignette commemorates the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.
Is part of Liberator Boston: Published weekly at no. 25 Cornhill by Isaac Knapp, 1838.
Notes Masthead from the Liberator, ed. William Lloyd Garrison (Boston: Published weekly at no. 25 Cornhill by Isaac Knapp), vol. VIII, no. 9 (March 2, 1838), p. 33.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Subject Slave trade -- United States.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- Great Britain -- Colonies.
African American newspapers.
Genre Engravings -- 1830-1840.
Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per L 21 1646.F v VIII n 9 March 2 1838 p 33
Accession number 1646.F