An Emblem of America | 1798 Painting Showing a Black Native American
9:53 PMIs it just me or does the figure in this 1798 painting depicting an American native have dark brown skin? Not only that, but the native has a turban on and, for the most part, looks the same as the depictions from this artist of the indigenous Africans.
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Date 1798 "An Emblem of America" Published 1st. Feb.y 1801, by Haines & Son |
It seems that most all depictions of Native Americans pre-1850 showed people with dark brown skin. That's not all, they also tend to have curly hair, broad noses, and thick lips. In other words they looked like the so-called "African American".
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"An Emblem of America" - 1798 - a Mezzotint by British engraver John Fairburn |
I'll just leave the rest of this out there for you to decide.

Sources:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3338907&partId=1&people=14502&peoA=14502-2-70&page=1
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/john-fairburn-publisher-an-emblem-of-america-5672841-details.aspx
http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Americas/Black_Indians.htm
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