Dr. Christopher Oliver is the Bev Purdue Jennings Assistant Curator of American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Is this painting of five men, possibly formerly enslaved, working for the Union Army during the Civil War a product of racist stereotypes, or does it humanize its subjects?
Is this painting of five men, possibly formerly enslaved, working for the Union Army during the Civil War a product of racist stereotypes, or does it humanize its subjects?