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The Wounded Scout, a Friend in the Swamp
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This sculpture shows a barefoot Black man navigating a Southern swamp as he attempts to escape his enslavers. He risks his own life by stopping to aid a White Union soldier who has been wounded behind Confederate lines.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Wounded Scout, a Friend in the Swamp. patented 1864. John Rogers, born Salem, MA 1829-died New Canaan, CT 1904. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Rogers and Son. CC0.
