<I>To Preserve Their Freedom</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1988
name: label: Created by
content: Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Toussaint Louverture, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
label: Printed by
content: Lou Stovall, American, 1937 - 2023
notes: label: Description
content: This silkscreen print depicts five individuals shown running from right to left and carrying rifles. One man, wearing blue pants, turns back the way he came, raising his left hand with an object in it. A spray of red emanates from his chest. The five people are shown running through tall grasses. The image is surrounded by a wide white margin, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc. in the lower left corner.
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.12.6
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22 x 32 1/16 in. (55.9 x 81.5 cm)