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“Emancipation” (1865)
Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
![Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/1865_Emancipation_FH2125837.jpg?itok=HeFcwOVg)
Credit:
Library of Congress
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