Historical Illustration: The Shackle Broken - By the Genius of Freedom / Lith. & Print by E. Sachse & Co.

Robert B. Elliott

Historical Illustration: The Shackle Broken - By the Genius of Freedom / Lith. & Print by E. Sachse & Co.

1874

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress features various 1874 historical illustrations, by E. Sachse & Co., commemorating Robert Brown Elliot's 1874 speech in favor of the Civil Rights Bill. Elliot was a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a Congressman (R-SC). The print is divided into several separate scenes. Scenes depict: Elliott speaking from the floor of the House of Representatives, Black troops during the Civil War, statues of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Sumner, and a small farm populated by a Black family and laborers.

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