Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law – 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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A window into the past: Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law, preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law
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Published in New York in 1850 by the lithographers Hoff & Bloede, this cartoon bears the signature of Theodor Kaufmann and takes its title from the Fugitive Slave Act, which Congress passed in September 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. The law required Northern citizens to help recover people who had escaped slavery and denied the accused any right to a jury trial, which made it one of the most contested measures of the decade. The print was deposited for copyright at the Library of Congress on October 30, 1850, and it stands among the political prints of the period that voiced sharp opposition to the law.
| Created / published | New York : Publ. by Hoff & Bloede, 1850. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 33.3 x 44.3 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850.Political cartoons 1850. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1850 by Hoff & Bloede. Publ. by Hoff & Bloede New York 180 William Str. Corner of Spruce Str. New York. Signed in reverse: Th. Kaufmann (Theodor Kaufmann?). The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on October 30, 1850. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf, p. 101. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1850-5. |
| Subjects | United States. Fugitive slave law (1850) African Americans--1850. Slavery--1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,280 × 1,028 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109405 |
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