Why Born Enslaved!

1867 67 cm (26 3/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.2

One of the most powerful expressions of abolitionist sentiment in the visual arts, Why Born Enslaved! depicts an African woman bound by ropes and looking defiantly upward. The ropes press painfully into her breasts; her torn blouse alludes to the violence responsible for her c...

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