The Shackle Broken by the Genius of Freedom
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On January 6, 1874, Elliott delivered a stirring defense of Senator Charles Sumner\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Civil Rights Bill in the face of opposition from Georgia Congressman Alexander Stephens, the Confederacy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s former vice-president."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Elliott\u00e2\u0080\u0099s \u00e2\u0080\u009cgreat speech\u00e2\u0080\u009d is memorialized in the central vignette of this lithograph as well as in the quotes from the address that appear throughout the print. Companion images of Abraham Lincoln, flourishing the Emancipation Proclamation, and Senator Sumner, holding a copy of his Civil Rights Bill, provide context for Elliott\u00e2\u0080\u0099s speech, as do scenes representing Black soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 valiant service during the Civil War. Weakened by the time it became law, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Liverpool, Inglaterra"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Defensor elocuente de los derechos civiles universales, Robert Brown Elliott fue uno de los primeros afroamericanos elegidos por Carolina del Sur para la C\u00c3\u00a1mara de Representantes de EE.UU. (1871\u00e2\u0080\u009373; 1873\u00e2\u0080\u009375). El 6 de enero de 1874 defendi\u00c3\u00b3 con emoci\u00c3\u00b3n la propuesta del senador Charles Sumner para la Ley de Derechos Civiles frente a la oposici\u00c3\u00b3n del congresista de Georgia, Alexander Stephens, antiguo vicepresidente de la Confederaci\u00c3\u00b3n."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "La vi\u00c3\u00b1eta central y las citas que aparecen por toda esta litograf\u00c3\u00ada conmemoran el \u00e2\u0080\u009cgran discurso\u00e2\u0080\u009d de Elliott. Las im\u00c3\u00a1genes laterales de Abraham Lincoln sosteniendo la Proclamaci\u00c3\u00b3n de Emancipaci\u00c3\u00b3n y el senador Sumner con su propuesta para la Ley de Derechos Civiles, dan contexto al discurso de Elliott, al igual que las escenas del valiente servicio prestado por los soldados negros en la Guerra Civil. Disminuida ya para cuando se promulg\u00c3\u00b3, la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1875 fue declarada inconstitucional por el Tribunal Supremo en 1883."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Edward Sachse & Co., active 1851 - 1874?"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Robert Brown Elliott, 11 Aug 1842 - 9 Aug 1884"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Robert Brown Elliott: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Robert Brown Elliott: Politics and Government\\Congressman"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Robert Brown Elliott: Politics and Government\\State Legislator\\South Carolina"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Robert Brown Elliott: Politics and Government\\Politician"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Hand-colored lithograph on paper"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Sheet: 56.2 x 70.8cm (22 1/8 x 27 7/8\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Mat: 71.1 x 81.3cm (28 x 32\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Print"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.2008.30", "hash": "9a9e2529e47aa4b74b40e405a120944b9aed8af5", "docSignature": "307126ebd4905d5f6cccf21818b83c66", "timestamp": 1658327600, "lastTimeUpdated": 1656751884, "title": "The Shackle Broken by the Genius of Freedom"}