Details
Contributor Whiting, George, publisher.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm), publisher.
Phelps & Watson, publisher.
Title The question settled. [graphic] / Geo. Whiting, 87 Fulton St. New York; Phelps & Watson, 18 Beekman St. New York.
Publisher Hartford : E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, 245 Main St
Publisher CONN. Hartford. 1862
Date [1862?]
Physical Description 1 print : colored lithograph ; sheet 26 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Description Cartoon depicting Abraham Lincoln as "Old Abe," a white cat who drives "Jeff," (i.e., Jefferson Davis) depicted as a grey striped cat with a noose around his neck from the "United States" food dish. The black cat, "Contraband," (i.e., African American Civil War freedom seeker) makes his way into the dish from the other side. The plate rests upon the Union flag and a map depicting the lower Southern States blockaded by figures of Union ships.
Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 135
Notes Title from item.
Possible date of publication supplied by Weitenkampf.
During the Civil War, the U.S government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war."
Purchase 1970.
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.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Fugitive slaves -- United States.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States.
Enslaved people -- United States.
Freedom seekers -- United States.
Geographic subject Confederate States of America.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Anti-slavery prints -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- Colored -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Printer Whiting, George, publisher.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm), publisher.
Phelps & Watson, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1862-12W [7870.F]
Accession number 7870.F