Artist Statment
In this picture, the north and south are divided into the colors blue and red, with the brown section being the territories. To represent slavery in the south, there are chains all over it. The abolitionist movement is represented by a pair of scissors. The scissors are trying to cut the chains, as if to cut away slavery. This abolitionist movement was so important because if it hadn’t happened and hadn’t stopped slavery, then who knows what the United States would be like right now. It also affected the countries that they shipped the slaves from because they didn’t have to worry about any more people coming for them.
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