Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The cartoon entitled "Practical illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law" shows abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (left) holding a slave woman in one arm and pointing a pistol toward a burly slave catcher mounted on the back of Daniel Webster.
The print might have been produced in Boston, a center of bitter opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 and 1851.
About This Item
- Title: Fugitive Slave Act cartoon, 1851
- Creation Date: 1851
- Subject Date: 1851
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Locations:
- SC
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Lithograph on wove paper, jpg
- Dimensions: 28.3 cm x 36.3 cm
- Local Code: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, PC/US - 1851.C619, no. 42 (B size)
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Political cartoons
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Fugitive slaves
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
- United States. Constitution
- Slaves
- Abolitionists
People
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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