- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Patience on a Monument
- Creator:
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Date of Original:
- 1968-10-08
- Subject:
- Slaves--Southern States
African Americans--Southern States
African American men--Southern States
Slavery--Southern States
African Americans--History--1863-1877
Freedmen--United States
Monuments--Southern States
Rifles--Southern States
Firearms--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 1868 Thomas Nast illustration. The monument reads, "The whipping post - hunted down with blood hounds - slavery for years - branded and manacled -- the auction block -- husband and wife, parent and child, sold apart. Daughters, mothers, wives, and sisters ruined." Nast aimed to arouse sympathy for freedpeople following emancipation.
Patience on a Monument broadside drawing from 1868 by Thomas Nast. An African American man sits atop a a monument, and he rests his head on his hand. A rifle sits at his feet. The monument reads in part, "The whipping post - hunted down with blood hounds - slavery for years - branded and manacled -- the auction block -- husband and wife, parent and child, sold apart. Daughters, mothers, wives, and sisters ruined." Nast aimed to arouse sympathy for freed blacks following emancipation. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/emancipation/m-2430/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.77.5
- Rights Holder:
- Image by Thomas Nast
From the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture - 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 - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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