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Title Immediate emancipation illustrated. [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1833
Date [1833]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 33 x 47 cm (12.75 x 18.25 in.)
Description Critical satire of the American Anti-Slavery Society, which was founded on the principle of immediate abolition by Arthur Tappan and William Lloyd Garrison, who are depicted discussing the society's principles with an unnamed abolitionist, possibly Lewis Tappan. Above their heads is the banner "Anti Slavery Society Founded Anno Domini MDCCCXXXIII." The seated Garrison comments on the origin of the bundle of Italian linen at his feet, which is to be used for his newspaper "the Emancipator." In the right, the figure of a leopard rests upon a pedestal marked "Fanaticism. Brought the Inquisition upon Spain. Beggary upon Italy. And may drench America in blood!!" (an allusion to the idiom a leopard cannot change its spots and to the Spain and the Iberian War, 1807-1814). In the left, a Black man, labeled "Emancipated Slave," is portrayed in racist caricature and is naked except for a leaves wrapped around his waist. He chases an insect calling, "Food," while carrying a knife. In the background, a scene labeled "Insurection (sic) in St. Domingo! Cruelty, Lust, and blood!" depicts Black people using swords and axes to kill white people, including a white woman on the ground. A building burns behind them.
Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 33
Notes Title from item.
Date supplied by Weitenkampf.
Probably the "A Caricature" cited in the Emancipator (New York, N.Y.), October 19, 1833 and Liberator (Boston, Mass.), November 2, 1833.
The "Emancipated Slave" figure is similar to the figure depicted in the lithograph by Alfred Ducôte, "An Emancipated Negro" ([London]: Thomas McLean, 1833). Copies in the collections of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Purchase 1986.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Tappan, Arthur, 1786-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
American Anti-Slavery Society.
Abolitionists -- United States.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- Newspapers.
Haitians -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Men, Black -- Haiti -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Slave insurrections -- Haiti.
Violence -- Haiti.
Enslaved men -- Haiti.
Enslaved people -- Haiti.
Free men -- United States.
Free persons -- Haiti.
Rebellions -- Haiti.
Genre Anti-abolition prints -- United States -- 1830-1840.
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1833 - 27W [P.9140]
Accession number P.9140