Why Born Enslaved!
Cleveland Museum of Art

Why Born Enslaved!

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875) · 1867

Plaster, original polychromed surface
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Although officially abolished in France since 1848, slavery remained a hotly contested issue in Carpeaux’s time as it remained legal or tolerated in various countries around the world.

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