America / E.W.C.

Title: America / E.W.C.
Creator(s): Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Related Names:
Donnelly, Arthur , publisher
Date Created/Published: [New York] : Publ. by A. Donnelly, no. 19 1/2 Courtland St., N.Y. c1841.
Summary: An idealized portrayal of American slavery and the conditions of blacks under this system in 1841. The Library's impression of the print is a fragment--the left panel only--of a larger print entitled 'Black and White Slavery,' which contrasts the plight of Britain's abused 'white slaves' (actually factory workers, America's 'contented' black slaves. Weitenkampf. Northern apologists for slavery. E. W. Clay, slave-owning white family,The son gestures toward an elderly black couple with a small child sitting at their feet. A group of happy slaves dance in the background. The old slave says, 'God Bless you massa! you feed and clothe us. When we are sick you nurse us, and when too old to work, you provide for us!' The master vows piously, 'These poor creatures are a sacred legacy from my ancestors and while a dollar is left me, nothing shall be spared to increase their comfort and happiness.'
Notes:
Title from print.
'Entered ... 1841 by A. Donnelly...'
Weitenkampf, p. 70
Davison, no. 158
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1841-1.
Subjects:
Great Britain.
Labor and trades, portrayed.
Plantations and planters.
Slaves and slavery.
Lithographs--1840-1850
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