The nigger"" in the Woodpile
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Creator Role
repository artist publisher
Description
The print is a reproduction of a 1860 political cartoon. In the racist cartoon, the Republican party's attempts to play down their antislavery platform is satirized. Horace Greeely, the editor of the New York Tribune, speaks to a young man (representative of progressive Democrats) in an attempt to convince him that the Republican party had no connection with the abolitionist movement, but instead had a platform built entirely of rails. To the right, Abraham Lincoln sits on a rail-constructed platform labeled "Republican Platform." A young African-American man sits grinning from underneath the platform. The print is organized and stored in a black album with other reproductive prints.
Description Source
Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003674571/ (accessed August 3, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
n.d.
Measurement
8 X 10 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
photographic paper
Inscription
verso, on stamp: PRINT FROM PHOTOGRAPH / in possession of the Lincoln / National Life Foundation / Fort Wayne, Indiana / Identification Number 537
Subjects
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Racism in cartoons; Slavery--United States
Work Type
political cartoon--reproductive print
Class
cartoons
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
3184
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.