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Tearing up free papers
[graphic].
[Boston:
s.n.,
1837]
1 print:
woodcut;
image 4 x 8 cm. (1.5 x 3.25 in)
Illustration in the American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838 (Boston: Published by D.K. Hitchcock, 1837), p. 7.
Caption underneath the image reads: "In the Southern States, every colored person is presumed to be a slave, till proved to be free; and they are often robbed of the proof."
A man restrains a free Southern black woman as another man destroys the papers that attest to her freedom. The woman's small child stands beside her. In the background, at least two figures are visible behind bars.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Free African Americans
Legal status, laws, etc.
United States.
Legal documents
Destruction and reconstruction.
75165
Woodcuts
1830-1840.
gmgpc
Book illustrations
1830-1840.
gmgpc
Anti-slavery prints
1830-1840.
local
SP3
African American History
American Anti-Slavery Society.
3297
American anti-slavery almanac, for 1838
Boston: Published by D.K. Hitchcock, 1837.
Imprint
MA. Boston.
1837.
Library Company of Philadelphia
Rare
Am 1837 Ame Ant 52047.D.2 p 7
Digital image
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2750
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Am 1837 Ame Ant 52047.D.2 p 7
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Am 1837 Ame Ant 52047.D.2 p 7
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