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A 10 page research paper that examines the art of slavery, looking specifically at two aspects of this topic: the abolitionist art of the late eighteenth century, which focused on the horrors of the slave trade and the pro-slavery depictions of American plantations before and after the Civil War. Both of these examples show the influence of art on how slavery was perceived and both categories demonstrate the interplay of social forces between art and a larger society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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wood engravings. Art serves the purposes not only of the artist, but it also reflects the orientation of society. Art refines conceptualization of ideas through visual depiction, and, in so
doing, either supports societal institutions, or opposes them. The art of slavery covers a broad expanse, as slavery was a primary institution of the Western world from the fifteenth through
the eighteen centuries. The following examination of the art of slavery looks specifically at two aspects of this topic: the abolitionist art of the late eighteenth century, which focused
on the horrors of the slave trade and the pro-slavery depictions of American plantations before and after the Civil War. Both of these examples show the influence of art on
how slavery was perceived and both demonstrate the interplay of social forces between art and a larger society. In both cases, the writer endeavors to "find ways of reading images...in
terms of what they say about white representation of slavery, and what they imply for black and white understanding of this inheritance" (Wood 8-9). The middle passage and slave ships
Before offering opposition to the institution of slavery in a frontal attack, British abolitionists first focused their attention on the slave trade and the horrors of the middle passage.
Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this worked beautifully, as eventually both abolitionist purposes were accomplished.
However, in the course of pursuing this strategy, abolitionists focused their propaganda efforts on convincing the general public that the trade was "not economic and that the conditions for slaves
and the mortality rates for slaves were appalling" (Wood 15). This campaign also set out to show that the conditions and mortality rates for the sailors were also horrendous, as
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