Lewis C. Lockwood
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Born Norfolk, VirginiaMary Peake exemplifies the achievements and limits that were placed on freed African Americans during the nineteenth century. The daughter of a free black woman and a prominent Englishman, Peake was educated in Alexandria, Virginia. While supporting herself as a dressmaker, she secretly began teaching from her home, instructing African Americans of all ages. Her work as an educator gained the attention of Reverend Lew C. Lockwood, a representative of the American Missionary Association, who eventually wrote her biography, of which this portrait serves as the frontispiece.Nacida en Norfolk, VirginiaMary Peake no solo ejemplifica los logros de los afroamericanos libertos durante el siglo XIX, sino también las limitaciones que se les impusieron. Hija de una negra libre y un inglés prominente, Peake se educó en Alexandria, Virginia. Mientras se ganaba la vida como costurera, comenzó en secreto a dar clases en su hogar a afroamericanos de todas las edades. Su labor educadora despertó el interés del reverendo Lew C. Lockwood, representante de la Asociación Misionera Americana, quien posteriormente escribiría la biografía de Peake. El frontispicio del libro lleva el retrato que aquí vemos.
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Stipple Engraving On Paper
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
