'Emancipation' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Illustration of the emancipation of United States slaves. Caption reads: "Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by John Sowle, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts." ALTERNATIVE TEXT: A woman stands in the middle of a scene, and she holds a scroll in her left hand. She wears a billowing dress and a tiara with five stars on the front. In her right arm is a bouquet of leaves. To the woman's right is an African American man kneeling while holding up an American flag on a pole. The top of the flag pole has an eagle affixed to it. He has fabric draped over his knee. There is what looks to be a cannon behind him. To the woman's left is an African American woman who is kneeling, similarly to the man in the scene. She wears a wrap on her head and is surrounded and covered by the fabric of the American flag. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC20_1
Subjects: Emancipation of slaves; Slavery
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center