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Let My People Free
ca. 1945 William H. Johnson Born: Florence, South Carolina 1901 Died: Central Islip, New York 1970 oil on paperboard 38 1/4 x 30 in. (97.1 x 76.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1967.59.649 Not currently on view
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Figure group
History - United States - Black History
Portrait male - Douglass, Frederick
Portrait male - Lincoln, Abraham
State of being - death - execution
painting
paint - oil
paperboard
About William H. Johnson
Born: Florence, South Carolina 1901 Died: Central Islip, New York 1970
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