Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Drawn by John L. Magee and published in Philadelphia in 1856, this lithograph shows Democratic leaders pressing slavery on a reluctant free-soil settler. Its subjects are James Buchanan, Lewis Cass, Stephen A. Douglas and Franklin Pierce, and the setting is Kansas, where the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act let settlers decide the slavery question by vote. The violent struggle there made Kansas the central issue of the 1856 presidential campaign, and the print's references to Cuba and Central America reflect Northern fears of further expansion of slave territory.
| Created / published | Philad. : Pub. by J.L. Magee, 1856. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 24.8 x 37 cm. (image) |
| Genre | 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall |
| Notes | Pub. by J.L. Magee 48 Pasyunk Road Phila." Drawn by John L. Magee. Title appears as it is written on the item. Weitenkampf |
| Subjects | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866. Douglas, Stephen Arnold,--1813-1861. Pierce, Franklin,--1804-1869. Abolition movement--Kansas--1850-1860. Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860. Slavery--United States--1850-1860. Kansas--History--1854-1861. Central America--1850-1860. Cuba--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 998 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163326 |
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