Stebbins, Lucius, (fl. 1864) Reading the Emancipation Proclamation
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07595 Author/Creator: Stebbins, Lucius, (fl. 1864) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 45.8 x 49.9 cm. Order a Copy
One lithograph dated 1864. Depicts black family gathered around a soldier reading a newspaper. The family all look to the soldier in varying states of shock and hope as he reads the emancipation proclamation. Present are eleven people including a mother who is kneeling and praying in the center of the image.
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