Duncanson accomplished a great deal having succeeded living as an artist as a Black man in a time of slavery. We have to look at his life as a whole to really be able to understand what a powerhouse he was and how phenomenal his achievements were not just as a pre-war Black Cincinnatian, but in the whole art nebula.

Among the many sources used was the book, A History of African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present by Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson.