Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
Practical illustration of the Virginia Constitution. [graphic] : White man the bottom rail.
You are here
Browse Collections
›
Political Cartoons Collection
Back to top
Details
Title
Practical illustration of the Virginia Constitution. [graphic] : White man the bottom rail.
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1868
Date
[1868]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 34 x 47 cm (33 x 17.5 in.)
Description
Cartoon promoting racist fears of the effects of equal rights for African Americans under Virginia's reconstructed constitution by portraying two captioned scenes where African Americans have power over white people. The first, a "Mixed School System," depicts a desegregated classroom in which a seated African American man teacher spanks a white boy as other students witness the punishment. The second scene, a "Negro Court and Jury," depicts an African American man attorney questioning a white woman witness in front of an integrated jury and audience including an African American spectator slumped over asleep in the front row of seats.
Notes
Title from item.
Date of publication inferred from content.
Purchase 1969.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
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
African American lawyers -- Virginia -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Virginia.
Courtrooms -- Virginia.
Racism in popular culture.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia.
School integration -- Virginia.
Spanking.
Geographic subject
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Genre
Etchings -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1868 Pra [7814.F]
Accession number
7814.F
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
Log In