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Added On: 11/15/2017 at 10:57 PM EST
Image Caption: "Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks." This painting demonstrates the early abolitionist movement which argued that the newly won liberty should be extended to slaves, too. The arti
Owner Name / Source: Samuel Jennings , 1792 (Public Domain)
Image Source: ImagesAttr
License: Public Domain
Notes:
This 1792 painting demonstrates the early abolitionist movement arguing that the newly won liberty should be extended to slaves, too. Samuel Jennings was commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, a group with anti-slavery inclinations, to create a painting showing â??Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks.â? Slaves bow at Libertyâ??s feet while in the background more slaves dance around a maypole. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Added On: 11/15/2017 at 10:57 PM EST
Image Caption: "Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks." This painting demonstrates the early abolitionist movement which argued that the newly won liberty should be extended to slaves, too. The arti
Owner Name / Source: Samuel Jennings , 1792 (Public Domain)
Image Source: ImagesAttr
License: Public Domain
Notes:
This 1792 painting demonstrates the early abolitionist movement arguing that the newly won liberty should be extended to slaves, too. Samuel Jennings was commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, a group with anti-slavery inclinations, to create a painting showing â??Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks.â? Slaves bow at Libertyâ??s feet while in the background more slaves dance around a maypole. Wikimedia Commons, public domain.