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Hello class and professor

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Hello class and professor

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Based on this week’s reading and the article provided “The Real Histories Directory”,

we learned about white abolitionists who were digested and

appalled with slavery.

Through the media of art, they showcased the cruel and inhumane treatment of the

black slave. The landscape artist J.M. Turner brought this to life in his masterpiece

Slave Ship. Can you believe slave owners were throwing their slave

s overboard to

collect the insurance money they had on their heads. The picture below illustrates

this and the ship heading to its own demise. The modern day protest art I wanted to

share is a picture of Trayvon Martin. He is a young black high school stud

ent who

was shot dead by a neighborhood watchman. The watchman who could pass for

white was acquitted of all charges due to the stand your ground law in Florida. The

picture below shows the young man with a caption, we all are Trayvon. This could

have happ

ened to any of us, our son or brother.

Thomas Graves

Sayre, H. M. (2015). The humanities: Culture, continuity and change (3rd ed., Vol. 2).

The Real Histories Directory. (n.d.). Retrieved November 03, 2016, from

http://www.realhistories.org.uk/articles/archive/the

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art

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slavery.html

Hello class and professor-Hello class and professor-

Based on this week’s reading and the article provided “The Real Histories Directory”,

we learned about white abolitionists who were digested and appalled with slavery.

Through the media of art, they showcased the cruel and inhumane treatment of the

black slave. The landscape artist J.M. Turner brought this to life in his masterpiece

Slave Ship. Can you believe slave owners were throwing their slaves overboard to

collect the insurance money they had on their heads. The picture below illustrates

this and the ship heading to its own demise. The modern day protest art I wanted to

share is a picture of Trayvon Martin. He is a young black high school student who

was shot dead by a neighborhood watchman. The watchman who could pass for

white was acquitted of all charges due to the stand your ground law in Florida. The

picture below shows the young man with a caption, we all are Trayvon. This could

have happened to any of us, our son or brother.

Thomas Graves

Sayre, H. M. (2015). The humanities: Culture, continuity and change (3rd ed., Vol. 2).

The Real Histories Directory. (n.d.). Retrieved November 03, 2016, from

http://www.realhistories.org.uk/articles/archive/the-art-of-slavery.html