| Creator |
E. Sachse & Co. lithographer. |
| Title |
The shackle broken - by the genius of freedom [graphic] / Lith. & Print. by E. Sachse & Co. |
| Publisher |
Baltimore : Pub. by E. Sachse & Co., 5 N. Liberty St |
| Publisher |
MD. Baltimore. 1874 |
| Date |
1874 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 57 x 72 cm (22.25 x 28.25 in.) |
| Description |
Print containing a montage of vignettes and quotes supportive of African American civil rights centered around a scene of
"Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, delivering his great speach [sic] on 'civil rights' in the House of Representatives,
January 6, 1874" to the packed floor of white and African American Congressmen and balcony of spectators. Contains an American
flag inscribed with the quote, "What you give to one class, you must give to all. What you deny to one class, you shall deny
to all;" scenes of African American soldiers, officers, and sailors; statues of Lincoln holding his "Emancipation Proclamation"
and Senator Charles Sumner holding his "Bill of Civil Rights;" and quotes referring to African American participation in the
Civil War. Also contains a scene espousing "free labor is the present, slave labor is the past" with an African American family
at their homestead where they "toil for [their] own children and not for those of others."
|
| Is referenced by |
Reilly, 1874-1 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1874 by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore in the office
of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
|
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LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History #213. |
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Accessioned 1999. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
E. Sachse & Company, a Baltimore lithographic firm active until the 1870s, was operated by Edward Sachse (also a painter),
his brother William, and relative Theodore. The company produced numerous folio sized views.
|
| Subject |
Elliott, Robert Brown, 1842-1884 -- Portraits. |
|
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
|
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. |
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African American legislators -- South Carolina. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States. |
|
African American sailors. |
|
African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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African American soldiers. |
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Freedmen -- United States. |
|
Free men -- United States. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. |
| Genre |
Lithograph -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Political Cartoons - 1874-1 [P.9653] |
| Accession number |
P.9653 |
