Freedom

Description:

"'Freedom, a Fable' is an illustrated artist's book with text and pop-up silhouettes. At first glance it appears to be a nineteenth-century children's book, but it is decidedly not. It tells the story of a female slave whose life after emancipation veers far from her dreams of meritocracy, revealing that Freedom, a Fable is not just the title of the work but is also the lesson to be learned" -- National Gallery of Art website, viewed June 14, 2016.

subjects: Fiction,  Toy and movable books,  African American women,  Emancipation,  Specimens,  Slaves,  Women slaves,  Children's fiction,  African americans, history, fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Art patronage,  Enslavement

Places: United States