"The Nigger" in the Woodpile
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"The Nigger" in the Woodpile

Permanent ID:
12334
Date:
1860
Image Description:
A racist parody of Republican efforts to play down the antislavery plank in their 1860 platform.  Horace Greeley stands at left reassuring a man identified as "Young America," who represents Progressive Democrats.  Also pictured in the cartoon is Abraham Lincoln.

A Currier & Ives lithograph by Louis Maurer.
Address:
New York
Format:
Lithograph; Political cartoons
Dimensions:
Width: 38 cm, Height: 26 cm
Related Person or Organization:
Currier & Ives (publisher)