Freedom to the Slaves

Publisher Currier & Ives American
 Sitter Abraham Lincoln American

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This commemorative print was issued soon after the assassination of President Lincoln to comfort his supporters. The semi-allegorized representation portrayed the former president as the emancipator of enslaved African Americans, guided by divine principles. The image was reproduced in many variations by different publishers.

Freedom to the Slaves, Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907), Lithograph

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