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- GLC#
- GLC06140
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1857
- Author/Creator
- J.O.E., fl. 1857
- Title
- Attention South!! Abolish slavery.
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 1 watercolor painting Height: 28 cm, Width: 18.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Abolitionist folk art depicting a Black man as weeping and chained and shackled, surrounded by green curtains with yellow tassels. At top left are the words "Attention South!!" with the word "Abolish" at left and "Slavery" at right, signed in block letters at bottom "J.O.E. 1857 N.Y." All lettering is in red. Painted on laid paper that has been mounted to a sheet of marbled paper.
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