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Senate chamber U.S.A. Conclusion of Clay's speech in defense of slavery. [graphic]
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Title
Senate chamber U.S.A. Conclusion of Clay's speech in defense of slavery. [graphic]
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNTIED STATES. 1839
Date
[1839]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 26 x 30 cm (10 x 11.75 in.)
Description
Cartoon satirizing an 1839 anti-abolition speech by the congressional orator Henry Clay focusing on his conflicting views on the abolition of slavery. Clay, despite deploring the institution of slavery, was an enslaver who was against immediate national abolition. Depicts Clay, in front of the Mason-Dixon line, coming to an agreement with John Calhoun, his chief congressional rival and leading senatorial supporter of slavery, about the issue of slavery. They both stand on past abolitionist resolutions and a prostrate enslaved African American man who quotes a verse from the Bible's book of Micah 7:8 that he will "arise." Clay's remarks "North" of the line reflect his abolitionist rhetoric; those "South" of the line refer to him being an enslaver. Calhoun states his pleasure in Clay's awakening to the societal benefits of slavery.
Is referenced by
Weitenkampf, p. 60
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Accessioned 1979.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Mason-Dixon Line.
Racism in popular culture.
Slavery -- Justification.
Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Enslaved men -- United States.
Enslavers -- United States.
Genre
Anti-abolition prints -- United States.
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1839-24w [P.2275.18]
Accession number
P.2275.18
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1801-1865
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