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No. 10 Those pro-slavery were murdered by those anti-slavery

Artist Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)

Date1978

MediumSerigraph

DimensionsImage Size: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm) Paper Size: 20 × 26 in. (50.8 × 66 cm) Frame Size: 25 3/4 × 31 1/2 in. (65.4 × 80 cm)

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Credit LinePurchase, Office of the President

Object numberUAC1804

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