This visual shows a sense of downgrading against the African Americans. As the passage explains to the reader, the visual depicts an Independence Day Celebration located in Center Square, Philadelphia around 1819. The picture shows massive crowds, tents that are of the shapes of small buildings, and a massive building in the background. In the far right corner of the picture, surrounded by the crowd, is one black woman. The passage states that the woman was “trying her best to distribute temperance pamphlets.” So you have the whites over here playing music, hugging, dancing, and drinking while one lonely black woman hands out pamphlets. In my own personal opinion, I think that the white people wanted that to happen. They want to make sure the slaves know that if they disobey or act out, that there would be serious consequences for it. It embarrassed the black woman and shows a sense of power coming from the white
This visual shows a sense of downgrading against the African Americans. As the passage explains to the reader, the visual depicts an Independence Day Celebration located in Center Square, Philadelphia around 1819. The picture shows massive crowds, tents that are of the shapes of small buildings, and a massive building in the background. In the far right corner of the picture, surrounded by the crowd, is one black woman. The passage states that the woman was “trying her best to distribute temperance pamphlets.” So you have the whites over here playing music, hugging, dancing, and drinking while one lonely black woman hands out pamphlets. In my own personal opinion, I think that the white people wanted that to happen. They want to make sure the slaves know that if they disobey or act out, that there would be serious consequences for it. It embarrassed the black woman and shows a sense of power coming from the white