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Smithsonian image, gentlemen in the 19th century, wearing top hats and ties, respond to a news article being read aloud by a shocked looking man in the center of the image. The paper he reads from, possibly a newspaper or broadsheet, is folded into eight panels. The men appear to be sitting around on the porch of an American General Store. In the foreground, almost as an afterthought, we see enslaved people who are also listening to what's being read aloud.