Preview
Creation Date
1-23-2015
Description
An exhibit curated by the students in the course, “Art and Public Policy”—Diane Brennan, Maura Conley, Abigail Conner, Nicole Conte, Victoria Perez-Zetune, Savannah Rose, Kaylyn Sawyer, Caroline Wood and Zoe Yeoh—selected objects of material and print culture from Angelo Scarlato’s private collection to investigate public representations of a newly freed population as well as their more personal perspectives.
See the full exhibit catalog here and the exhibit poster here.
Document Type
Image
Keywords
Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg, United States Colored Troops, USCT, African American, black soldier, Gettysburg College, emancipation, freedom, citizenship, artifact, exhibit, Harper's Weekly, Frederick Douglass, slavery, daguerreotype