"Portrait of Yarrow Mamout (Mamadou Yarrow)" by Charles Willson Peale

Born in West Africa, Yarrow Mamout was a Muslim man who lived through forty-five years of enslavement in the United States. After gaining his freedom, he built an independent and prosperous life for himself. www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/319114.h…|1 Subscribe for more from the Philadelphia Museum of Art on YouTube: youtube.com/user/PhilaArtMuseum/ Visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art online: www.philamuseum.org/ PhilaMuseum on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/philamuseum Twitter: twitter.com/philamuseum Instagram: instagram.com/philamuseum Tumblr: philamuseum.tumblr.com/

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