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Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston December 1860, Harper's Weekly Illustration by Winslow Homer This wood engraving on paper created by the American landscape painter and illustrator Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (1836 – 1910) shows a charged and tumultuous historical scene from the American abolitionist movement, capturing the violent disruption known as "The Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 3, 1860." The illustration portrays the chaotic moment when a pro-slavery mob, aided by police, forcibly broke up a public meeting that had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of radical abolitionist John Brown, scattering attendees — both Black and white — in a scene of disorder and physical confrontation that laid bare the fierce tensions gripping the nation on the eve of the Civil War. The work published in the widely circulated Harper's Weekly on December 15, 1860, bringing national attention to the incident and cementing its place in the visual record of the abolitionist struggle. 7 x 9 ¼"
$120-200