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Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

Thomas Stuart Smith painted this striking portrait to celebrate the abolition of slavery in both the UK and the US. The man portrayed is enjoying a pipe at his leisure, symbolizing his freedom from enforced labor. Behind him, a yellow notice announcing a slave auction has been partially covered up by a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Naudline Pierre (Haitian-American, 1989) - Closer Still (2017)

my island just had kanaval, and one thing abt us? we're gonna send a fuckin MESSAGE! here's one place where kanaval remains true to origin; in resistance and satire 🙃

King Henri Christophe of Haiti (reigned 1811–1820) and Queen Marie-Louise had three key children who formed the royal family: Crown Prince Jacques-Victor Henry (1804–1820), Princess Françoise-Améthyste (1798–1831), and Princess Anne-Athénaïre (1800–1839).

Emilcar Simillen

Leo and Diane Dillon

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"Girl in Pink Dress" by Laura Wheeler Waring 1927