[Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield] – Antique Wall Art
![[Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield], [ca. 1863] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/71/71b4c302e1f8-L.webp)
(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.)
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Step back in time with [Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield], an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield]
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This chromolithograph follows one enslaved man's journey from the plantation to the battlefield, a progression the Library's title makes explicit. It is attributed to James Queen and drawn after Henry Louis Stephens, and it dates to about 1863, the year the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and Black men began enlisting in Union regiments in significant numbers. Color printing of this kind was costly for its time, so the image likely aimed at a broad public with a message about liberty. The print was later shown in the exhibition *American Visions of Liberty and Freedom* at the Virginia Historical Society.
| Created / published | [ca. 1863] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | VA |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Visions of Liberty and Freedom" at Virginia Historical Society |
| Subjects | African Americans--History--1860-1870. African Americans--Military service--1860-1870. Slavery--1860-1870. Liberty--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,596 × 4,544 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif05453_Journeyofaslavefromtheplantati |
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