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Title Oh! Massa Jeff. dis sesesh fever will kill de nigger [graphic] / [FJB?]
Publisher Ohio : [publisher not identified]
Publisher OH. 1861
Date 1861
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 39 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)
Description Cartoon depicting the ill effect of secession on enslaved people. In the dwelling of the enslaved African American men, Jefferson Davis, attired in a broad-brim hat and with the Union flag hanging from his pocket, checks the pulse of an emaciated, bedridden African American man with "Bond Plasters" on his chest. An angst-ridden enslaved African American man stands behind the bed and weeps as he holds a bottle of medicine. On the wall behind him are three posters advertising various medicines: "Dr. Jeffy's Celebrated Bond Plasters ...," "The Great Southern Remedies," "Dr. Jeffy's Celebrated Lettres du Marque A Radical Remedy for all Constitutional Afflictions."
Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 128
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio.
Purchase 1961.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Patent medicines.
Racism in popular culture.
Secession.
Sick persons.
Slavery -- Confederate States of America.
Enslaved persons -- Confederate States of America.
Enslaved men -- Confederate States of America.
Enslaved people -- Structures.
Geographic subject Confederate States of America -- Economic policy.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1861-22W [6449.F]
Accession number 6449.F