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The history of the New-York African free-schools, from their establishment in 1787, to the present time..., 1830. Illustration of the school, 'Engraved from a drawing taken by P. Reason, a pupil, aged 13 years'. Patrick Henry Reason, one of the earliest African-American engravers, became known for his depiction of a chained slave that served as the emblem for the British anti-slavery movement.