From Enslavement to Artistic History Icon: The Extraordinary Path of a Single Individual
Bill Traylor: An Overlooked Artist From Enslavement to Artistic Icon In 1865, as Union forces drew closer to Dallas County, Alabama, Bill Traylor was already 12 years into his journey, born into bondage around 1853 on a cotton plantation. With the conclusion of the Civil War, Traylor gained his freedom and shifted to a tenant farming lifestyle near Montgomery. It […]