Description

Emancipation print depicting a series of scenes contrasting African American life before and after slavery. Central scene portrays the interior of a freedman's home where several generations of the family socialize around a "Union" stove as the mother cooks. Below this scene is a vignette depicting Father Time holding a baby angel who has the year 1863 above his head and who frees the shackles of a kneeling male slave before him. Above the central scene is a depiction of Thomas Crawford's statue of freedom as well as the hell hound Cerberus fleeing Liberty. Scenes to the right display the horrors of slavery including the flogging, branding, selling, and capturing of slaves. Scenes to the left display the forthcoming results of freedom including the exterior of a freedman's cottage, African American children attending public school, and African Americans receiving payment for their work.; Th. Nast.; Originally published in "Harper's Weekly," January 24, 1863.; Nast was a cartoonist and illustrator most known for his work for the 19th-century periodical "Harper's Weekly."

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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