Historical Illustration: Heroes of the Colored Race

Robert Smalls

Historical Illustration: Heroes of the Colored Race

1881

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress presents an 1881 illustration, by Joseph Hoover, depicting the "heroes of the colored race." The colored illustration centers Robert Smalls (R-SC), Frederick Douglass and Hiram Rhoades Revels while surrounded by illustrations of varied scenarios in African American life. Smaller portraits include: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph H. Rainey, Charles E. Nash and John Brown.

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