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African-style commemorative cloth: Abraham Lincoln

20th century

Liberia was founded in 1822 by freed African-Americans under the sponsorship of the American Colonization Society. President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, freeing all slaves in the United States, was an important statement to the world against the oppression of slavery. For many Liberians, it launched a new wave of settlers looking for a freer life outside the United States.

Printed cotton cloth (wax resist)

47 in. (119.38 cm)

L.: 70 in.

Gift of Kris McClusky

96.6

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Art of Protest, April 27, 2000 - January 21, 2001

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