2010.54.7492

• african american
• ethnicity and race

Poster has a border of a black and white chain around a red background. In the center are two black and white hands with "CAPS" printed in red lettering underneath. On the right is white text. It reads, "XIIIth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, certified December, 1865; 'Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, Except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.' Emancipation Proclamation; 'All person held as slaves on the 1st of January, 1863 in any state, or parts of States then in rebellion, should be thence forward and forever FREE." Abraham Lincoln, September, 1862.' Bottom right has black text that reads, "Committee to Abolish Prison Slavery/ 3126 Shattuck Ave/ Berkeley, CA 94705/ 415-535-0931."