PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, satirical political cartoon, 1851. It depicts abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison protecting the fugitive slave Susanna. Daniel Webster, is on all fours, and mounted by a menacing slave-catcher with a whip and shackles. Cartoon refers to Websters Senate vote for the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850. African American men, one who resembles Frederick Douglass, aid in protecting the fugitive slave
Picture No
13123002
Media ID
45382461
Size
3000px x 2352px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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