Description
Detail from an 1868 Thomas Nast illustration. 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, "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.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Men
- African Americans
- Firearms
- Freedmen
- History
- Monuments
- Rifles
- Slaver
- Slavery
- Slaves
- Southern States
- United States