by Patrick Rael (Editor), Professor Manisha Sinha (Editor), Professor of English Marcus Wood (Author), Professor Richard Newman (Editor)
Why did imagery showing the very instant of the birth of black slave freedom invariably personify Liberty as a white woman? Where did the image of the enchained kneeling slave, ubiquitous in abolitionist visual culture on both sides of the Atlantic, come from? This book attempts to answer these questions.
Format: Library Binding
Pages: 442
Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
Published: 15 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 082033426X
ISBN 13: 9780820334264