Sujet

Robert Smalls, 1887. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Robert Smalls, 1887. African-American politician, publisher, businessman and maritime pilot. Born into slavery, he escaped, and commandeered and piloted a Confederate transport ship which became a Union warship. His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A03_257

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NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,3Mo (1,1Mo) / 22,8cm x 32,2cm / 2693 x 3802 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male library job man men businessman politics country guy occupation color political location century profession concept African American African-American B&W afro-american public library politician United States of America Colour rights 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black publisher politicians human rights New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA equal rights portrait united states Unknown Robert Simmons Cleveland cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art portraits 19th-century William J. Schomburg Center for Research Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Robert Smalls Smalls G. M. Rewell & Co. G. M. Rewell & Company Rewell. G. M. & Co. & Company William J. Simmons O. Cleveland O.