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  • The Colored Volunteer

    Created by
    Nast, Thomas, American, 1840 - 1902
    Date
    1861 - 1865
    Medium
    printing paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 6 cm)
    Description
    Image of an African American boy marching with a broom for a rifle at his side. Signed in the image: Th. Nast. The card appears trimmed down; caption is truncated: "The Colored Volunteer. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by"
    Statement
    Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Racist and Stereotypical Objects
    Type
    cards
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Children
    Slavery
    Stereotypes
    U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
    United States Colored Troops
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
    Object number
    2011.51.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58b0fbe07-718c-4070-b1d0-cbb949cb7404
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    Patience on a Monument

    Created by
    Nast, Thomas, American, 1840 - 1902
    Date
    October 8, 1868
    Medium
    ink on newsprint
    Dimensions
    H x W: 18 5/8 x 13 in. (47.3 x 33 cm)
    Description
    A rare broadside supplement to the Cincinnati Gazette, "Patience on a Monument," shows a freed slave sitting atop a monument that lists evils perpetrated against blacks. A dead woman and children lie at the bottom of the monument, while violence and fires rage in the background.
    Place made
    Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Type
    clippings
    Topic
    Emancipation
    Race relations
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2010.77.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54eb38045-4612-40e9-8580-479f02bbf14a
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