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15. Henry Osawwa Tanner
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His mother was born a slave, but escaped to Pennsylvania via the Underground Railroad and was a free woman by the time he was born.
And although he wanted to establish himself in the art world, the legacy of slavery overshadowed him. In painting African-American subjects, he wanted to give them a better legacy.
In this episode, we'll talk about Henry Ossawa Tanner, and one of his most famous works, The Banjo Lesson.
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