Archer Alexander (Q490364)
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HC-PER-36042
- HC-PER-36042
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Archer Alexander
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HC-PER-36042
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Statements
Artist's Model
Slave
Freedman / Freedwoman
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Described by William Greenleaf Eliot's The Story of Archer Alexander. From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863 and portrayed in the Freedmen's Memorial to Abraham Lincoln, Archer was a fugitive slave who helped members of his family escape slavery.