Abolitionist (and other) Art
John Rogers, Slave Auction 1859 (p.202)
Eastman Johnson
- Negro Life in the South(Kentucky Home) 1859 (p.203)
- A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slaves 1862-63 (p.205)
Theodore Kaufmann, On to Liberty 1867(p.206)
How do these works balance between stereotype and trying to portray blacks positively or truthfully?
What does such a tension reveal about white American thought about blacks at this time?