| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist. |
| Contributor |
Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, artist. |
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Stephens, William A., copyright holder. |
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Stephens, H.L., 1824-1882, artist. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Journey of a slave from plantation to the battlefield. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : William A. Stephens |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
1863 |
| Physical Description |
12 prints : chromolithographs ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) |
| Description |
Collection of twelve titled album (carte-de-visite size) cards depicting the evolution of the life of an African American
man from enslavement to a Union soldier. "In the Cotton field" and "The Christmas Week" show his life on the plantation from
which he is sold and separated from his family in "The Sale" and "The Parting: 'Buy us too'." His new enslaver whips him in
"The Lash," for which he then retaliates in "Blow for Blow." He hides "In the Swamp" and is finally "Free!" to become a Union
soldier and "Stand up a Man" to fight in the battlefield to "Make Way for Liberty!" He is struck down in "Victory!" for Liberty,
depicted as a white woman, who states as she mourns over his body, "He Died for Me!"
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| Notes |
Title from series title. |
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Publication information inferred from copyright statement: Entered according to the act of the year 1863 by William A. Stephens
in the Clerks' Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the E. Dist. of Pa.
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Attributed to James Fuller Queen after Henry Louis Stephens. |
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Henry Louis Stephens was a native Philadelphia caricaturist, book, and magazine illustrator who worked in New York in the
mid-19th century for the periodical "Frank Leslie's." His brother William Allen Stephens served as his business manager.
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Described in Gathering history: The Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999),
p. 26.
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Original wrapper for the card set held in the collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. [LOT 5174] |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Copyright by William A. Stephens, 1120 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia. |
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Description revised 2023. |
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Access points revised 2023. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, served in the Civil War
militia from 1862 until 1863, and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects.
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| Subject |
African American men. |
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African American soldiers. |
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Campaigns & battles -- United States. |
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Cotton plantations -- United States. |
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Fugitive slaves -- United States. |
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Liberty. |
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Slave trade -- United States. |
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Slavery -- United States. |
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Enslaved persons -- United States. |
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Slaveholders -- United States. |
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Whipping -- United States. |
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Enslaved men -- United States. |
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Enslavers -- United States. |
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Freedom seekers -- United States. |
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African American soldiers -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. |
| Genre |
Anti-slavery prints -- 1860-1870 -- United States. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Album cards -- 1860-1870. |
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Collecting cards -- 1860-1870. |
| Illustrator |
Stephens, H.L., (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, artist. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Henry Louis Stephens Collection [(5)5780.F.56m-p; (5)5780.F.57a-h] |
| Accession number |
(5)5780.F.56m-p |
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(5)5780.F.57a-h |
