Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia
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A Black passenger is shown being forced out of a railway car in Philadelphia, a scene engraved in wood for readers of *The Illustrated London News* and published in its September 27, 1856 issue. Segregation on American trains and streetcars was common in Northern cities as well as in the South before the Civil War, and Black travelers were often refused seats or removed by conductors and white passengers. The print shows how British readers received glimpses of American racial conflict through the illustrated press. Some details here rest on older cataloging notes that have not been fully checked.
| Created / published | 1856 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 314. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122835 |
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