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  Record your impressions of this print Describes the objects lying on the ground. What do the symbolise? What attitude does the picture express towards non-European slaves? The Emancipation of Slaves this print of 1794 describes the emancipation of slaves. The tricolour banner on top carries the slogan: The rights of man'. The inscription below reads: The freedom of the un free'. A French woman prepares to 'civilise', the African and American Indian slaves by giving them European clothes to wear.

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                  This print symbolises the superior feeling of French people towards slaves from Africa and the Caribbean. The French thought that these people were uncivilised. The slogans represent the fact that the former slaves will have equal rights to the European settlers, now that the slaves are free. The objects lying on the ground are European clothes, symbolising the superior culture of Europe compared to that of the slaves. This expresses the racial and condescending attitude of the French towards the slaves.