Southern Reconstruction:Thomas Nast cartoons

Southern Reconstruction
Thomas Nast cartoons

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"The Emancipation of the Negroes, January, 1863—The Past and the Future," Harper's Weekly, Jan. 24, 1863


Pardon: Shall I trust these men Harper's Weekly, Aug. 5, 1865	Franchise: And not this man? Harper's Weekly, Aug. 5, 1865


Grand Masquerade Ball, April 14, 1866	Johnson's Reconstruction, Sept. 1, 1866


The Tearful Convention, Sept. 29, 1866	Jan. 12, 1867


"We Accept the Situation," April 13, 1867	"Would You Marry Your Daughter to a Nigger?" July 11, 1868


"One vote less," Aug. 8, 1868	This is a white man's govt., Sept. 5, 1868


The Modern Samson, Oct. 3, 1868	"Patience on a Monument," Oct. 10, 1868


Colored Rule is a Reconstructed State, March 14, 1874	The Commandments in South Carolina, Sept. 26, 1874

The Union as it was. The lost cause, worse than slavery. Oct. 24, 1874

Civil Rights Bill, April 24, 1875


Hamburg, S.C., race riot, July 1876	"Is this a republican form of govt?" Sept. 2, 1876

"Of course he wants to vote the Democratic ticket." Oct. 21, 1876


*"He wants a change too" Harpers Weekly, Oct. 28, 1876*	*"The Ignorant Vote" Harpers Weekly, Dec. 9, 1876*


*"Compromise--Indeed!" Harpers Weekly, Jan. 27, 1877*	*"A truce--not a compromise" Harpers Weekly, Feb. 17, 1877*

"The Color Line is Broken" Harpers Weekly, Dec. 8, 1877


*The color line still exists, Harpers Weekly, Jan. 18, 1879*	*"Waiting," Harpers Weekly, March 29, 1879*