The Indomitable Spirit Of Edmonia Lewis (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
– Edmonia Lewis, 1866 1. STOPPING IN FLORENCE, 1865 Paradox Bold phrases might well describe the young woman who sailed for Europe on August 26, 1865.[140] None bore the power that “colored sculptor” had at the time. Outrageous or transformative, it was an oxymoron. It defied common wisdom, bringing either a scowl or a smile. To some, it offered new hope – to others, only trouble. For white supremacists, who girded their ideals of the “evident design of the Creator”[141] with patriotism and bolstered them with quack science, it overrode the laws of nature: a dangerous precedent. It flatly contradicted their arch-theorist, who emphasized on the eve of Lincoln’s reelection, “No one ever heard of a negro sculptor or painter.”[142] To reporters, it meant news and a break with the cliché link between “colored” and crime. Edmonia’s budding celebrity gained a life of its own. Squibs that announced her sailing and reported her commissions escaped the niche of the Boston Liberator, the Freedmen’s Record, and the New York National Anti-Slavery Standard.
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