Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law / E.C., del. [signed on stone].
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- Title
- Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law / E.C., del. [signed on stone].
- Date
- 1850 or 1851]
- Creator
- C. E. lithographer.
- Notes
- In front of a "temple of liberty," a pitched battle rages between African Americans and their supporters and slaveholders and their supporters. At right, an official with a star on his hat sits on the shoulders of Daniel Webster, who is on all fours and complains, "This, though constitutional, is 'extremely disagreeable.'" At left, William Lloyd Garrison points a pistol at the official, protecting an African American woman.
- Weitenkampf suggests that E.C. may be Edward Williams Clay, but Reilly points out that signature, style, and politics alike are atypical of Clay, and suggests the date and Boston imprint. See Reilly, B. American political prints, 1766-1876, 1991, p. 344-345.
- Names and Subjects
- Garrison, William Lloyd,--1805-1879--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Webster, Daniel,--1782-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
- United States.--Fugitive slave law (1850)--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African American women--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Slaveholders--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Fugitive slaves--1850-1860.
- Prints shelf.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.
- United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
- ID
- 272
- Barcode
- B4885507
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; 30.4 x 37.3 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:08:08
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3649
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 272
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"Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law / E.C., del. [signed on stone].". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-272/wcl000345. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 06, 2024.