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Title You love the contrabands too much
Publisher [Boston] : L. Prang & Co. Boston.
Date [1863-1865?]
Description A white man kneels before a racistly depicted African- American man. The African-American man stands on a pedestal and has wings. "Contraband" here means "slave," and the sender rejects the recipient because of his sympathy for slaves. L. Prang & Co. first appeared in the Boston city directory in 1863.
Notes Text: You love the contrabands too much / To have love left for me, / And therefore you my Valentine / Can never hope to be.
"18"
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Slaves -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Race relations -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier Comic Valentines, 13.22