by Professor of English Marcus Wood (Author)
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: Illustrated
Pages: 516
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 15 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0820334278
ISBN 13: 9780820334271