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illustrations 1. Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (1790–92) 29 2. David Edwin, Practical Slavery and Professional Liberty (1807) 33 3. Henry Dean, untitled (1807) 41 4. A Peep into the Anti-Federal Club (1793) 47 5. The Female Combatants (1776) 56 6. High Life below Stairs (1772) 61 7. James Gillray, Philanthropic Consolations after the Loss of the Slave Bill (1796) 71 8. R. Smirke, illustration for James Montgomery’s The West Indies (1809) 97 9. George Cruikshank, The New Union Club (1819) 124 10. Robert and George Cruikshank, frontispiece for Pierce Egan’s Life in London (1821) 126 11. George Cruikshank, Midnight. Tom and Jerry at a Coffee Shop Near the Olympic, from Life in London (1821) 128 12. M. Egerton, The Cut Direct! (1827) 135 13. W. H. Isaacs, The Cut Direct; or, Getting Up in the World (ca. 1832) 136 14. Edward Clay, Back to Back from Life in Philadelphia (ca. 1829) 138 15. I. Harris, Grand Celebration ob de Bobalition ob African Slabery from Life in Philadelphia (1833–34) 147 16. Barney Williams in “Dandy Jim,” playbill illustration (1844) 149 17. G. S. Tregear, An Unfair Reflection from Life in Philadelphia (1833) 150 18. Mathews in America (1824) 160 19. George Dibdin Pitt, sketch of Toussaint Louverture (1846) 220 20. Marcus Rainsford, Toussaint L’Ouverture (1805) 221 21. Sir John Tenniel, Telescopic Philanthropy (1856) 230 22. Our Goddess of Liberty (1870) 251 This page intentionally left blank ...

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