He died for me! – Vintage Print
(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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He died for me!
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He died for me!" is a color lithograph issued as a collecting card in Philadelphia in 1863, part of a series titled "The Slave in 1863" that William A. Stephens published under the Album Varieties heading. Its caption and the Library of Congress subject headings point to African American military service during the Civil War. By 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect and the Union had begun enlisting Black men into segregated regiments, a shift that was contested in the North as well as the South. Cards like this one, sold in multiples and collected like trade cards, show how the war and emancipation reached ordinary households and popular print.
| Created / published | c1863. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Collecting cards 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 12, no. 68. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863. |
| Subjects | America--1860-1870. African Americans--Military service--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216618 |
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