1. What is happening in this image?
2. What is the intent of the subtitle “Hail Columbia, Happy Land!” and the caption “Shall thy fair banners o’er oppression wave?”
3. Based on these observations, what might be the purpose of this illustration?
4. Which statement expresses the illustrator’s point of view about the slave trade in the United States? Drag the correct tile to the image.
-Freed African Americans form an important part of the North’s military effort.
-As a compromise, slavery may be allowed to continue in the western territories.
-The transatlantic slave trade must end, & only the internal slave trade should be allowed.
-The internal slave trade is an insult to the US ideals of liberty and equality.