Senate Chamber U.S.A. Conclusion of Clay's Speech in Defence of Slavery political cartoon, circa 1850


Permanent ID:
11817
Call number:
Bb 612 Se 55
Date:
1839
Image Description:
John Calhoun shown on the right holds the hand of John Henry Clay on the left as they both have a foot pressed against a prostrate African American man and their other foot on past antislavery resolutions.

Includes some of the text of Clay's speech to demonstrate the duplicity of his beliefs  This is a lithograph by an uknown artist.
Format:
Political cartoons
Dimensions:
Width: 35 cm, Height: 27 cm (image)