| Contributor |
Baillie, James, publisher. |
| Title |
The Clay compromise - a settler. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York : Published by J. Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue N.Y |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1850 |
| Date |
[1850] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand colored lithograph ; sheet 33 x 43 cm (13 x 17 in.) |
| Description |
Racist cartoon satirizing the Clay Compromise of 1850 concerning the extension of slavery to the territories. Depicts a prostrate
enslaved African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, who is being pulled by ropes from each end by a Northerner
and Southerner. The Northerner states, "We are content with the Compromise," and the Southerner states, "An equal division
is fair." Standing over the enslaved man is Henry Clay, who is poised with a sword to cut him in two. William Lloyd Garrison
rushes to stop Clay, stating "let the Union go; but spare the man!" A Quaker man confers with a minister about the compromise,
saying "Well I'm very glad that Friend Clay has interfered." The minister responds that he hopes the question is settled because
his parishioners have been quarreling so long that they almost forgot to pay him. A white man overseer about to whip a group
of enslaved men, attired in yellow sarongs, exclaims, "Damn the niggers! Their hides are so used to the whip that they mind
it no more than a horse."
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content. |
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RVCDC |
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Purchase 1991. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
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| Subject |
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Compromise of 1850. |
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Plantation overseers. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories. |
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Enslaved persons -- United States. |
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Whipping. |
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Enslaved men -- United States. |
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Enslavement -- United States. |
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Enslavers -- United States. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860. |
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Political cartoons -- 1850-1860. |
| Printer |
Baillie, James, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1850 - Cla [P.9314.3] |
| Accession number |
P.9314.3 |
