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Statuette, "The Fugitive's Story" by John Rogers, 1869
Rogers, John, 1829-19041869
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The John Rogers sculpture, "The Fugitive's Story," depicts well-known abolitionists -- John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison, and Henry Ward Beecher -- listening to the pleas of a slave mother. Though fictionalized and composed well after the end of the Civil War (in 1869), the work was enthusiastically received by those who had admired these men and had worked to free the slaves.
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- Title: Statuette, "The Fugitive's Story" by John Rogers, 1869
- Creator: Rogers, John, 1829-1904
- Date Created: 1869
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Statuettes (Statues), Sculpture (Visual work), Figurines, Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, Slaves (People), African Americans, Slavery
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=237609
- Object Name: Statuette (Statue)
- Object ID: 38.309.9
- Image ID: THF93433
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Susan Stebbins Stark.
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