- 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
African American children--Southern States
Slaveholders--Southern States
Men--Southern States
Women--Southern States
Children--Southern States
Family--Southern States
Slavery--Southern States
Schools--Southern States
Public schools--Southern States
Slave traders--Southern States
Flags--United States
Flags--Confederate States of America
Mothers--Southern States
Fathers--Southern States
African Americans--History--1863-1877
Freedmen--United States - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- illustrations (layout features)
engravings (prints) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomas Nast's famous wood engraving originally appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 24, 1863. The liberation of the state's enslaved population, numbering more than 400,000, began during the chaos of the Civil War and continued well into 1865. Nast's cartoon aimed to arouse sympathy for freedpeople following emancipation.
Image of Thomas Nast's famous wood engraving entitled "Emancipation," which originally appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 24, 1863. The vignettes on the left half of the engraving depict various scenes of enslaved life, including a white overseer raising a whip to lash an enslaved man who bends at the waist and an enslaved man standing on an auction block. A ragged Confederate States of America flag flies over the auction house. The right half of the engraving depicts scenes of free African Americans engaged in such activities as purchasing goods from a window labeled "Cashier" and sending children off to public school. An American flag flies from the roof of the school. In the center a circular image of an African American family relaxing in a well-appointed room serves as the focal point of the image. The liberation of Georgia's more than 400,000 enslaved people 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/slavery-in-antebellum-georgia/m-3682/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Harper's Weekly
From Harper's Weekly - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-antebellum-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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