- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Emancipation
- Creator:
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Publisher:
- Harper's Weekly
- Date of Original:
- 1863-01-24
- Subject:
- Slaves--Southern States
African Americans--Southern States
African American men--Southern States
African American women--Southern States
Men--Southern States
Women--Southern States
Family--Southern States
Slavery--Southern States
African Americans--History--1863-1877
Freedmen--United States
Business--Southern States
Clerks (Retail trade)--Southern States
Retail trade--Southern States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- illustrations (layout features)
engravings (prints) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Detail from an 1863 Thomas Nast illustration depicting freedpeople after emancipation. Freedpeople set about defining the economic and social freedom they previously could only imagine.
Image of a detail from Thomas Nast's famous wood engraving entitled "Emancipation," which originally appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 24, 1863. This illustration depicts newly freed slaves after emancipation engaged in such activities as purchasing goods from a window labeled "Cashier."
The liberation of Georgia's more than 400,000 slaves began during the chaos of the Civil War and continued well into 1865. Nast's cartoon aimed to arouse sympathy for freed blacks following emancipation. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/emancipation/m-2428/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Harper's Weekly
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/emancipation
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929 - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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