1860 Homer Black Americans Expelled from Tremont Temple Douglass Garrison Dec 15

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · December 15, 1860
Complete Issue · New York

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A historically exceptional issue — a Winslow Homer illustration of the expulsion of Black Americans and abolitionists from Tremont Temple in Boston, with an article mentioning Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, published five days before South Carolina's secession. Homer and Douglass in the same issue, five days before the Civil War becomes inevitable — this is among the most historically charged issues in the entire antebellum Harper's Weekly run. A primary document of Black history, abolitionist history, and Civil War origins.

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🎨 WINSLOW HOMER — BLACK AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM TREMONT TEMPLE
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✊ HALF PAGE — "EXPULSION OF NEGROES AND ABOLITIONISTS FROM TREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON" — BY WINSLOW HOMER — WITH ARTICLE MENTIONING FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
A half-page illustration by Winslow Homer of the violent expulsion of Black Americans and abolitionists from Tremont Temple in Boston — one of the most significant racial incidents of the immediate post-election period. On December 3, 1860 — just days after Lincoln's election — a group of abolitionists and Black Bostonians, including Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, had gathered at Tremont Temple to mark the first anniversary of John Brown's execution. A mob of pro-Southern sympathizers broke up the meeting, physically assaulting and expelling the attendees — including Douglass, who was dragged from the podium. The police stood aside. The related article mentions Douglass by name and references a speech he made at the gathering — though the speech itself is not reproduced. The expulsion from Tremont Temple is a primary document of the violent suppression of Black political expression in the North in the weeks before the Civil War — and Homer's illustration of it, published in Boston's most famous concert hall just five days before South Carolina's secession, is one of his most historically charged and significant early works. A significant piece of Black American history, abolitionist history, Frederick Douglass history, and Civil War origins history — and a primary document of Winslow Homer's engagement with the racial politics of his era.

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🏛️ THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
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🏛️ FRONT PAGE — "THE CITY OF WASHINGTON FROM THE DOME OF THE CAPITOL" AND "THE NATIONAL CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON"
Two front-page illustrations of Washington, D.C. — the city and the Capitol building — published five days before South Carolina's secession would transform the capital from the seat of a united republic into the threatened heart of a Union fighting for its existence. The view from the Capitol dome captures Washington at the last moment of its antebellum peace. A significant piece of Washington, D.C. history and Civil War precursor history.

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🌉 HALF PAGE — "DEPARTURE OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE FOR KANSAS"
A half-page illustration of the St. Louis bridge — a significant piece of Midwestern infrastructure and transportation history.

✍️ CONTINUING SERIALIZATION — "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" BY CHARLES DICKENS
A continuing installment of Great Expectations — Pip's story of ambition and identity continuing as the American republic faces its own existential crisis.

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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· December 15, 1860
City ──────────── New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages

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