"Into Bondage" - by Aaron Douglas - 4 views
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Kevin Z on 13 Jan 14"Into Bondage" by Aaron Douglas was premiered in 1936 at the Texas centennial exposition for the hall of Negro life. The picture is meant to portray African-American history, especially history. Douglas belief that knowing the past better was the way to help move forward.
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Michael J on 13 Jan 14The way I interpreted this painting is Aaron Douglas is trying to remind the racists that white people enslaved them years ago and now they are free but they don't feel free. Another way that I interpret this is Aaron Douglas is telling the black community that they have come very far.
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Charles W on 13 Jan 14"Into Bondage" by Aaron Douglas clearly exhibited sending slaves across seas and trading them for goods, the man on the platform is clearly looking at the North Star, he is looking for freedom, because during that time, the North Star guided escapen slaves through the Underground Railroad. The radiating light seems to resemble the sun and what a new day may bring, like a new life away from slavery, the other man with arms in the air seem to have the same atitude, but the rest of them seem to have lost their hope in this new life. Their hearts have been beaten to believe nothing good will come.