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Winslow Homer Civil War Wood Engraving "EXPULSION OF NEGROES AND ABOLITIONISTS FROM TREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ON DECEMBER 3, 1860" Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison Kicked Out
This Homer Winslow engraving was not produced during the Civil War but it pictures a scene that illustrates the conflicts between justice and union which gave rise to the Civil War. The Harper's web site provides an instructive note to the engraving:
In "Winslow Homer's Magazine Engravings," Philip C. Beam, New York, 1979, the author reviews the playful genre work products of Homer in 1860 and notes that "Only the Expulsion of the Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston points to the darker and more serious times." "Echo Of A Distant Drum: Winslow Homer and the Civil War" by Julian Grossman (New York, 1974) notes that this print highlights the role of Jews in the abolition movement. Garrison and Douglas probably chose the site for their meeting because the Rabbi and his congregation were believed to be sympathetic and author Grossman notes that,
Below is the print as it will come to you matted and framed.
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