Title

The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, cover, 1888. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, cover, 1888. 'The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, September 22, 1888 : orations, poems, and addresses'. The jubilee was a celebration by African Americans of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The book includes an oration by Bishop Benjamin William Arnett of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on the achievement of freedom in the USA by African Americans, and on the need of African Americans to exercise their civil rights freely.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A15_185

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Keywords

library event religious arts country religion book celebrations church color design celebration celebrating Christianity text location century literature speech speeches anniversary African American African-American afro-american lettering public library ame United States of America Colour 19th century graphic design poetry centennial Episcopal Church New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA African Methodist Episcopal Church centenary cultural event united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art African Methodist Episcopal 19th-century Schomburg Center for Research Book covers Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Centennial Jubilee of Freedom Benjamin William Arnett Arnett Benjamin William Benjamin W. Arnett B. W. Arnett Aldine Printing House