| Creator |
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist. |
| Title |
Free negroes in Haiti [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Baltimore] : [A. J. Volck] |
| Publisher |
MD. Baltimore. 1864 |
| Date |
[1864] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : transfer lithograph ; sheet 25 x 31 cm.(9.5 x 12 in.) |
| Description |
Racist satire promoting Confederate fears of a liberated enslaved society depicting Black Haitians portrayed as caricatures
of cannibalistic savages. In a jungle setting, naked and bare-chested Black men and women participate in the sacrifice of
a Black baby on a stone altar. The leader or shaman, attired in a feathered head piece, appears to pray to the gods over the
headless body, as another holds a long stake ending with the baby's head. Some play drums with human bones, others eat human
flesh in the background. In 1804, Haiti became the first free Black republic after a 13 year revolution emanating from a rebellion
by the enslaved against the white enslaver plantation society.
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| Notes |
Inscribed upper left corner: 27. |
|
Issued as plate 27 in Sketches from the Civil War in North America (London [i.e., Baltimore]: [the author], 1863-1864), a
series of pro-Confederacy cartoons drawn and published by Baltimore cartoonist Adalbert John Volck under the pseudonym V.
Blada. The "first issue" of 10 prints (numbered 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 21, 24), with imprint "London, 1863" were printed
as etchings. The remaining 20 prints (numbered 4, 8, 9-11, 14, 17-20, 23, 25-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 45) headed "Second and
third issues of V. Blada's war sketches" and dated "London, July 30, 1864" were printed as lithographs.
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Title and publication information from series at Brown University Library. |
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Research file about artist available at repository. |
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RVCDC |
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Accessioned 1935. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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| Subject |
Cannibalism -- Haiti. |
|
Haitians -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Men, Black -- Haiti -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
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Sacrifices -- Haiti. |
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Slave insurrections -- Haiti. |
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Women, Black -- Haiti -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Black men -- Haiti. |
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Black women -- Haiti. |
|
Rebellions -- Haiti. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Anti-abolition prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Lithographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Volck - Sketches - Volck 27 [2990.F.18] |
| Accession number |
2990.F.18 |
