The moral character of the Africo-Americans [graphic]. Rescues -- New York -- New York. Skating -- New York -- New York. 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. 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. [New York: s.n] NY. New York. 1836 American Anti-Slavery Society. [April 1836] Engravings -- 1830-1840. Periodical illustrations -- 1830-1840. 1 print: wood engraving; image 5 x 7 cm. (2 x 2.75 in) Islandora:2849 Library Company of Philadelphia Rare Per A 245 60026.D v 2 n 4 cover page 60026.D Part of Anti-slavery record. New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-1837. United States -- Race relations.