<I>The Fugitive's Story</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1869
name: label: Created by
content: John Rogers, American, 1829 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: John Greenleaf Whittier, American, 1807 - 1892
label: Subject of
content: Henry Ward Beecher, American, 1813 - 1887
label: Subject of
content: William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879
notes: label: Description
content: A cast and painted plaster statuette depicting the figure of an unidentified fugitive enslaved woman holding a baby and standing in front of three men. She wears a scarf over her head, and a shawl around her shoulders. There is a tied bundle on the floor next to her bare feet. The men are identified as John G. Whittier, H. W. Beecher and William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison is seated at a desk, facing the woman and baby, and appears in profile to the viewer. Whittier and Beecher are standing to next to the desk, facing the viewer. The figures stand on an oval pedestal, the front of which is carved [THE FUGITIVE'S STORY / JOHN G. WHITTIER HW BEECHER Wm. LLOYD GARRISON]. On the top front of the pedestal is [JOHN ROGERS / NEW YORK].
place: label: Place made
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
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: 2011.155.290
objectType: label: Type
content: figurines
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on plaster
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 12 in. (55.6 x 40.3 x 30.5 cm)