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title: '"A Negro crossed the Delaware with George Washington" - "And we''ll continue to fight for liberty!"'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-and-we-will-continue-to-fight-for-liberty-1943/
description: A scene modelled on the well-known crossing-the-Delaware composition shows Washington standing in a boat with a flag, rowers and soldiers.
section: Collection
---

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# "A Negro crossed the Delaware with George Washington" - "And we'll continue to fight for liberty!"

A scene modelled on the well-known crossing-the-Delaware composition shows Washington standing in a boat with a flag, rowers and soldiers, one of whom is a Black rower. Two captions state that a Negro crossed the Delaware with Washington and that 'we'll continue to fight for liberty'. The tell is identity-fusion and transfer: Black Americans are placed inside the founding story to join their current service to the war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
"A NEGRO CROSSED THE DELAWARE
WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON"

alston
OWI

"- AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY!"
```

[← "And while you're in there, find out something about a fellow named Abe Lincoln"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-abe-lincoln-peonage-1943/) [Archie Alexander - Builder of Bridges →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-archie-alexander-builder-of-bridges-1943/)

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