Henry W. Herrick, Reading the Emancipation Proclamation in the Slaves’ Cabin (1864)

Reading the Emancipation Proclamation in the Slaves’ Cabin

Henry W. Herrick

Also known as The Midnight Hour, this 1864 engraving by J. W. Watts is based on a scene by New Hampshire artist Henry W. Herrick. It is thought to depict the night of January 1, 1863, the day of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library