The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Armed prisoners who guard prisoners working on the Louisiana state farms. The land belonged originally to a plantation called Angola, named after an African country, where slaves came from. The prisoners are from the Angola prison, Louisiana

1963

Leonard Freed

(American, 1929–2006)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 15 x 22.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.584
Location: Not on view
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