<I>Hon. Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina Delivering His Great Speech On Civil Rights in the House of Representatives</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1874; printed later
name: label: Written by
content: Robert Brown Elliott, American, 1842 - 1884
label: Illustrated by
content: E. Sachse & Company, American, 1840 - 1870
label: Subject of
content: United States Congress, American, founded 1789
notes: label: Description
content: A reprint on brown background of the central scene from the original lithograph "The Shackle Broken - By the Genius of Freedom" by E. Sachse & Co. depicting Robert B. Elliott giving his famous Civil Rights Bill Speech in the House of Representatives on January 6, 1874.
label: Description
content: The illustration depicts Elliott, standing on the lower floor, addressing the U. S. House of Representatives. All around him are congressmen, and at the very top, men and women spectators. Hanging from the ceiling is a banner with a quotation from his speech: [WHAT YOU GIVE TO ONE CLASS / YOU MUST GIVE TO ALL, / WHAT YOU DENY TO ONE CLASS / YOU DENY TO ALL / HON. R. B. ELLIOTT’s speech page 4. ].
label: Description
content: Above the banner in black ink, printed into the rounded frame of the illustration, is a portion of Elliott’s speech: [In that dire extremity the members of the race which I have the honor in part to represent—the race which pleads for justice at your hands today, forgetful of their inhuman and brutalizing servitude at the South, their degradation and ostracism at the North—flew willingly and gallantly to the support of the national Government. Their sufferings, assistance, privations, and trials / in the swamps and in the rice-fields, their valor on the land and on the sea, is a part of the ever-glorious record which makes up the history of a nation preserved – HON. R. B. ELLIOTT’s speech page 7.].
label: Description
content: On either side of the illustration, printed vertically in bold are the words “LIBERTY”, “ARMY”, “JURY &” / “EQUALITY”, “NAVY”, “BALLOT”. On the far-right side of the illustration, printed vertically in black ink, is: [The Library of Congress]. At the bottom of the illustration is: [HON. ROBERT B. ELLIOTT, / Of South Carolina, / DELIVERING HIS GREAT SPEECH ON “CIVIL RIGHTS” IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 6, 1874.].
label: Description
content: In large white print beneath the illustration is an excerpt from Elliott’s speech: [“The results of the war as seen in reconstruction, have / settled forever the political status of my race. The pas- / sage of the bill will determine the civil status, not only of the Negro, but of any other class of citizens who may feel / themselves discriminated against. It will form the cap- / stone of a temple of liberty, the grandest which the world has ever seen.” / ROBERT BROWN ELLIOTT], and [CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 6, 1874].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.160.152.1
objectType: label: Type
content: reprographic copies
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)