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Title: [African American man carrying a basket talking to man leaning on a hoe.]
Image ID: 812486
Image ID 812486
Creators: W. L. S., artist
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 16 x 13 cm. (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Cartoons (Commentary)
African Americans
Ethnic Stereotypes
Periodical Illustrations
African Americans -- Men -- 1880-1889
Hoes -- 1880-1889
Baskets -- 1880-1889
Notes: Written on mount: "June 16, 1888." Printed on border: "Universal suffrage." "First Sable Son of the Soil (resting on his hoe). "Aber'am, what's yo' 'pinion ob dis hyah women's suffrage?" Second Sable Son (gloomily). "Waal, I don' know ; looks pow'rful jubious. Ain' dar ol' Sis' Cl'rindy done got de aiger agin? 'n' ain' po' Aunt Chloe laid onto de she'f wid a strike ob de appleplexy? An' Sis' Bijah Johnsing's gal, M'rindy, done bruk her juggler bone plumb offn ; 'n' yo' ol' woman wus'n ebber long o' the rhomatics ; 'n' my ol' woman mos' daid wid de misery en her back. I d'know - I d'know, Br'er. "Pears likes 'sif 'twel end up'n Universalist Sufferage."
Date Published: 1888
Barcode Number: 33333159329685
Struc ID: 583815
Source: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization.   View All images from Source
In Folder: African-American cartoons   View All images from Folder

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