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Interpreting Homer’s “Near Andersonville”

by Kevin Levin on March 29, 2011 · 3 comments · Follow me on

in Public History, Slavery, Teaching

Actress Tia James portrays the enslaved African American woman represented in a painting in the Newark Museum’s collection. “Near Andersonville” was created by famed American artist Winslow Homer in 1866. The painting depicts the young woman on the ‘threshold’ of the future as she considers her freedom and views her liberators (Union soldiers) being led [...]