VISUAL LEGACIES OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION

The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation provides an occasion to reflect on the ways visual artists have responded to and envisioned the impact of that life-changing declaration on the experience of slavery and the meaning of freedom. Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in the...

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Published in:Callaloo 2014-09, Vol.37 (4), p.1023-1032
Main Author: Finley, Cheryl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
African art
Art exhibits
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Emancipation
Emancipation of slaves
Engraving
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Nast, Thomas (1840-1902)
Portrait photography
Slave ships
Slavery
Slaves
Symbolism
Visual artists
Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)
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Summary:The 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation provides an occasion to reflect on the ways visual artists have responded to and envisioned the impact of that life-changing declaration on the experience of slavery and the meaning of freedom. Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War on Jan 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared, "All persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free." Here, Finley describes We Hold These Truths, a visual legacy of slavery and emancipation.
ISSN:0161-2492
1080-6512
1080-6512
DOI:10.1353/cal.2014.0136