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Anti-slavery banner reproduction painting: When Woman’s Heart is Bleeding, Should Woman’s Voice be Hush’d.

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Anti-slavery painting
Material: Acrylic
Artist: Sue Dennett, Norma Gammon, Karen Herman
Location: Memorial Hall

This painting is a part of a two part series of reproductions of an anti-slavery banner presented in the Town of Andover on July 4, 1844. The painting was completed around 1996 as part of the Town of Andover’s 350th anniversary. The original banners are in the Andover Center for History and Culture collections. For more information about the original banner and it’s place in Andover history, refer to the following documents.

Excerpt from a scholarly journal telling the story of how the anti-slavery banner was presented at an Andover Independence Day celebration in 1844

“The Fourth at Andover” excerpt from The True Wesleyan, August 10, 1844:

Newspaper article dated August 10, 1844 about the Andover Fourth of July celebration