You are here

Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty (Pictorial envelope)

Full Screen View

Title: Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty (Pictorial envelope).
139 views
Type of Resource: still image
Identifier: DP0012813_a (IID)
Held by: University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection & University Archives
Links: http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012813_a
Use and Reproduction: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
Host Institution: UCF

In Collections

Title: Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty (Pictorial envelope).
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Image
Envelopes
Pictorial Envelopes
Date Created: 1861-1865
Physical Form: Pictorial envelope
Extent: 2 pages; 3 x 5 1/2 in.
Language(s): English
Identifier: DP0012813 (IID)
Description: African-American man with knapsack walking away from a Caucasian man lynched from a tree branch. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. "Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty. We meet the same end of high treason and dangle from the same high tree. Massa Davis, what a figure, you will cut upon dat swing. I'd sooner be the poorest nigger, den the whitest 'cotton king.'"
Provenance: Acquired by Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries from Carol Mundy, the collector of African-Americana.
Digital Reproduction Specifications: Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries. Jpeg and Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.
Subject(s): United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Caricatures and cartoons
Patriotism
African Americans -- Pictorial works
Slaves -- United States -- Pictorial works
Lynching
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Held by: University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection & University Archives
Links: http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012813
Use and Reproduction: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
Host Institution: UCF
Is Part Of: Civil War in the American South.
http://www.american-south.org This item is made available to the ASERL Civil War in the American South portal.
Is Part Of: African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02
The Carol Mundy Collection Finding Aid

In Collections