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The Northwest Territory

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Description: The Northwest Territory
TitleThe Northwest Territory
Creator roleMapmaker
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
SubjectsSlavery--United States
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“The Balance Principle Revisted”: Slavery, Freedom, and the Formation of the Nation
Cheryl Janifer Laroche
Description: Cabin, Quarter, Plantation: Architecture and Landscapes of North American Slavery
Cabin, Quarter, Plantation: Architecture and Landscapes of North American Slavery
In this essay, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche takes a long view of nationhood and African-American history, arguing that the entire United States is a landscape formed by slavery—if not through the actual handwork of enslaved workers, as a result of the machinations of Congress and state lawmakers as they sought to negotiate the slavery question. In her own words, “With few...
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Cheryl Janifer Laroche
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2010 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.233-262
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00291.13
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22222&redirecttoanchor=75102
Chapter subject tags:Slavery--United States--HistorySlavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free statesStatehood (American politics)--Law and legislationScott, Dred, 1809-1858United States. Kansas-Nebraska Act

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LocationCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/objects/116/war-news-from-mexico
Accession number2010.74
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Creator nameZealy, J. T.
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Creator rolePhotographer
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Object typePhotograph
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Creator name (description)From an original daguerreotype taken by Joseph T. Zealy, 1850
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Object typePhotograph
MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass
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LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
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MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass
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https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
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https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
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Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 7/7 in. (59.7 x 49.4 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/145316
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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:592
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Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
Accession number70.1997.1–34
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The Spirit of the Caribbean
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499035
Accession number2011.590.2
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameGordon, Leah
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Creator rolePhotographer
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