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A 3 page paper which examines how the 19th century images of African Americans reflects their experiences. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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images of a social world when the subject of the painting relates to society. In relationship to African Americans in history the 19th century saw a great deal of change
in how the blacks were presented in paintings. The following paper examines how, according to work seen in Frances K. Pohls work "Framing America," the African American is depicted and
how well it details the experiences of the African American in the 19th century. 19th Century Images and African Americans Pohl notes that prior to many of the
struggles to free slaves in the United States the African Americans position in art was primarily delegated to the fringes of a painting. "Prior to the 1860s the dominant 19th
century stereotypes of black men were silent servants, situated on the margins of the composition....or high-stepping, banjo-playing darkies, happy and childlike, who, when not working contentedly in the fields, performed
either for their families or for their white owners" (Pohl 198). As for the black women, they were often seen as the mammies, the caretakers of white children, proud to
be servants (Pohl 198). These images clearly speak of how the African American was seen in at least the first half of the 19th century by those who painted,
or by those whose paintings are still recalled and researched. It indicates that although some struggles to free African Americans were in play, they were not influencing the society in
such a way as to inspire artists to paint African Americans in a very real setting. Despite the fact that many white people fought for the rights of black people,
the social ideals were not solid enough, or perhaps passionate enough on the whole, to warrant any influence in the world of visual art. As the struggles intensified, however,
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