| Title: | Our Countrymen in Chains |
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| Notes: | "Broadside publication of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem Our Countrymen in Chains. The design was originally adopted as the seal of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery in England in the 1780s, and appeared on several medallions for the society made by Josiah Wedgwood as early as 1787. Here, in addition to Whittier's poem, the appeal to conscience against slavery continues with two further quotes. The first is the scriptural warning, "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. "Exod[us] XXI, 16." Next the claim, "England has 800,000 Slaves, and she has made them free. America has 2,250,000! and she holds them fast!!!!" The broadside is advertised at "Price Two Cents Single; or $1.00 per hundred."Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division |
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| Date: | 1837 |
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| Building: | Library of Congress
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| Object/Function: | Print |
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| City/Town: | Washington
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| State: | DC
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24
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| Lectionary links: | CHoly06
CProp22
BDiv
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| General Subject: | Slavery
slaves
Culture: African American
Culture: Black
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| Attribution: | Our Countrymen in Chains, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55446 [retrieved May 16, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_Countrymen_in_Chains.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 55446
Last Updated: 2021-05-07 06:23:22
Record Created: 2013-01-14 15:45:09 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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