The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This antique engraving of The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud.
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Published in *Harper's Weekly* on July 25, 1868, this wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud takes up the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, the federal agency Congress created in 1865 to aid formerly enslaved people and other displaced people across the South. By 1868 the Bureau's work was under dispute in Congress and in Southern states, and the magazine's readers followed those fights closely. Waud, a British-born illustrator who covered much of the Civil War and Reconstruction, drew for a national audience. It is a useful record of how Black civil rights were debated in the northern press.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1868 July 25, p. 473. |
| Subjects | United States.--Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182280 |
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