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Freedom to the Slave
- Creator:
- C. Herbst
- Location:
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Origin Date:
- 1863-1975
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 16 1/4 in x 14 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0413
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This colored lithograph depicts a Union soldier standing on a Confederate States of America flag in the center foreground, holding a saber aloft and an American flag. Encircling the top of the flag is a banner which reads, "Freedom to the Slaves." To the viewer's right other soldiers unlock shackles from the wrists and ankles of slaves. To the viewer's left, freed slaves enter a public school building and read a newspaper. In the right corner of the lower margin handwritten in ink is "C. Herbst © 1875, C.S. Army. On the reverse the text reads in part "All slaves...By Abraham Lincoln,...Pres...., January 1st, 1863." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.