Les Negres affranchis colportant le decret d'affranchissement du president Lincoln (Freed Negroes celebrating President Lincoln's decree of emancipation), engraving from Le Monde Illustre, March 21, 1863
     In Paris, Le Monde Illustre celebrated the news of the Emancipation Proclamation with an image reminiscent of the French Revolution.  
Les Negres affranchis colportant le decret d'affranchissement du president Lincoln
(Freed Negroes celebrating President Lincoln's decree of emancipation),
engraving from Le Monde Illustre, March 21, 1863

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