SLAVES IN THEIR BUNKER

HIS PORTRAIT WAS OF SLAVES ON A 17TH CENTURY SHIP TO THE AMERICAS. IMAGES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES ARE CAPTIVATING TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY VISUAL DOCUMENTATION WE HAVE OF THEM. ALTHOUGH FORMS OF MENTAL SLAVERY STILL EXISTS TODAY AMONG THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RACE, AT LEAST ITS NOT PHYSICAL, WE HAVE RECOGNIZABLE RIGHTS, AND WE ARE BEING COUNTED AS MORE THAN 1/3 OF A PERSON.
~JESSICA LIHALAKHA~