Harriet Tubman series, panel 2

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Title Harriet Tubman series, panel 2
Creator Jacob Lawrence
Creator Nationality American
Style Period 20th Century Art; Modern Art
Description I am no friend of slavery, but I prefer the liberty of my own country to that of another people, and the liberty of my own race. The liberty of the descendants of Africa in the United States in incompatible with the safety and liberty of European descendants. Their slavery forms an exception (resulting froma. stern and inexorable necessity) to the general liberty in the United States" -Henry Clay
Subject African American Art; Harlem Renaissance; History
Creation Date 1938 - 1940 CE
Form painting
Medium casein tempera on hardboard
Dimensions 17-7/8 x 12 in.
Repository Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA (United States)
Source Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman series of 1938-40. Ellen Hawkins Wheat. Hampton University Museum and University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1991.
Work ID 24539
Rights In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
ARK ark:/87278/s61p27mf
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1369267
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p27mf
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