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Why did imagery showing the very instant of the birth of black slave freedom invariably personify Liberty as a white woman? Where did the image of the enchained kneeling slave, ubiquitous in abolitionist visual culture on both sides of the Atlantic, come from? This book attempts to answer these questions.

The Horrible Gift of Freedom Atlantic Slavery

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Georgia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780820334271, 978-0820334271
      ISBN10: 0820334278

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      Book Synopsis
      Why did imagery showing the very instant of the birth of black slave freedom invariably personify Liberty as a white woman? Where did the image of the enchained kneeling slave, ubiquitous in abolitionist visual culture on both sides of the Atlantic, come from? This book attempts to answer these questions.

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