Analysing portrayals of African Americans and Russian serfs in paintings, adverts, fiction, poetry, and ephemera housed in American and Russian archives, Amanda Brickell Bellows argues that these depictions shaped collective memory of Slavery and serfdom, affected the development of national consciousness, and influenced public opinion..
Analysing portrayals of African Americans and Russian serfs in paintings, adverts, fiction, poetry, and ephemera housed in American and Russian archives, Amanda Brickell Bellows argues that these depictions shaped collective memory of Slavery and serfdom, affected the development of national consciousness, and influenced public opinion.