Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law, c.1850-51 (litho)

In front of a "temple of liberty," a battle rages between African Americans and their supporters and slaveholders and their supporters. At right, an official with a star on his hat sits on the shoulders of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), US Statesman, who is on all fours. To the left, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79), social reformer and journalist, points a pistol at the official, protecting an African American woman; caricature; cartoon; satire; politics; political; politician; male; female; race; racism; slavery; slave; abolition; abolitionist; history; USA; United States of America; African-American; African American;