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Emancipation: the past and the future. [graphic] / Th. Nast. Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist. African American children -- United States. African American families -- United States. African American men -- United States. African American women -- United States. African Americans. African Americans -- Education -- United States. Freedmen -- United States. Liberty. Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States. Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. Slaves -- Social conditions -- United States. Enslaved people -- United States. Free person -- United States. Freedom seekers -- United States. Kneeling male slave. Women. Emancipation print contrasting African American life during and after slavery. Central scene portrays the interior of a free person’s home where several generations of the family socialize around a "Union" stove as the mother cooks. The horrors of slavery are depicted through scenes of the flogging, branding, selling, and capturing of enslaved people. The forthcoming results of freedom are depicted through scenes of the exterior of a free person’s cottage, African American children attending public school, and African Americans receiving payment for their work. Also depicted are: a baby angel freeing the shackles of a kneeling enslaved man as the angel, who has the year 1863 above his head, is held by Father Time; Thomas Crawford’s statue of freedom; and the hellhound Cerberus fleeing liberty. Title from item. Originally published in Harper's weekly, January 24, 1863. Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014. Nast was a cartoonist and illustrator most known for his work for the 19th-century periodical "Harper's Weekly." Philadelphia : Published by J. W. Umpehent, 607 Sansom Street, Printed in color by King & Baird, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia King & Baird, printer. Printer: Umpehent, J.W., publisher. Provenance: Diehl, John H., donor. Provenance: Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918, donor. Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. Provenance: Phillip, Henry, 1838-1895, donor. Printer: King & Baird, printer. 1865 Political cartoons -- 1860-1870. Wood engravings -- colored -- 1860-1870. 1 print : color wood engraving ; sheet 38 x 52 cm (15 x 20.5 in.) Islandora:65210 Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT *Political Cartoons - 1865-3 variant [(10)1540.F] (10)1540.F Referenced by Reilly, 1865-3 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865