Historical Illustration: Heroes of the colored race

Frederick Douglass

Historical Illustration: Heroes of the colored race

1881

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress features an 1881 historical illustration, published by J. Hoover, that depicts half-length portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery, and Hiram Rhoades Revels. Surrounding their photographs are vignettes in which African Americans are working in cotton fields, fighting for the Union, etc. as well as small portraits of other significant individuals to African American history, such as Abraham Lincoln, Joseph H. Rainey, John Brown, etc.

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