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THE SLAVE TRADE
Background
ABOUT THE ART
Charles T. Webber (1825-1911)
United States
The Underground Railroad, 1893
Subscription Fund Purchase, 1927.26
The Underground Railroad is a history painting, a tradition that was very popular in nineteenth-century America because it was both educational and entertaining.
Charles t webber biography of michael
History painting was commended because it often told a story with a moral and encouraged viewers to contemplate the subject matter that it depicted.
The subject of this work is the Underground Railroad, which today has become an American legend.
The Underground Railroad was not a systematic means of transportation, rather a secretive process that allowed fugitive slaves to escape from oppression in the years prior to the Civil War.
There are three known figures in this painting: Levi Coffin (1798–1877); his wife, Catharine Coffin; and Hannah Haydock, all of whom were friends of Webber.
The Coffins were legendary in helping runaway slaves e