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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00493.27 |
| From Archive Folder | Confederate war etchings |
| Title | Free Negroes in Hayti |
| Date | ca. 1880-1890 |
| Author | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
| Document Type | Artwork |
| Content Description | Depicts a scene of savage ritual. Shows drums being beaten and a tambourine being played by half-naked men and women as an infant is sacrificed and its head mounted atop a spear. In the background, men and women sit around a fire licking their fingers and eating what appears to be human flesh (there appears to be a man gnawing on an arm). Volck sought to convey what he viewed as the innate brutality of Haitians of African descent. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso. |
| Subjects | Art, Music, Theater, and Film Propaganda African American History Haitian Revolution Caribbean Immigration and Migration Freemen Women's History Children and Family Atrocity Civil War Confederate States of America |
| People | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Adalbert John Volck was a dentist, political cartoonist, and a caricaturist who sympathized with the Southern cause. During the Civil War, Volck supported the Confederacy through his satirical political cartoons. He also smuggled drugs and medical supplies for the Confederate army, and served as a personal courier to President Jefferson Davis. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |