Title

An Ordinance Abolishing Slavery in Missouri (Missouri Emancipation Proclamation)

Description

Image of a written document on abolishing slavery in Missouri. The boarders are decorated in Missouri scenes along the bottom and top. In the bottom middle is the image of Lady Justice with a white and black angel, on the right side is the image of Lady Liberty, and on the left is the image of Cerre? (symbol of Missouri and goddess of agriculture).

Creator

Knobel, E.

Subject

American Civil War

Missouri Emancipation Proclamation

African Americans

Slavery

Abolition

Emancipation

Black and African American History

Temporal Coverage

1861-1865

Medium

Lithograph

Format

Photograph

Date

January 11, 1865

No Known Copyright

Source

Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department

Identifier

N21818