Emancipation from Harper's Weekly. Black; cream. Paper. This original engraved double page, centerfold is titled, "The Emancipation of The Negroes, January, 1863--The Past and The Future.--Drawn by Mr. Thomas Nast." It is signed, "Th:Nast." It shows a series of sketches of slavery on one side and freedom on the other. The center sketch is of a prosperous African American family in a home with a picture of Lincoln on the wall. It is from the January 24, 1863 issue. , Civil War , Abraham Lincoln
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