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., 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.
Date
[1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1868 Pra [7814.F]
Attributed to Thomas Jefferson in the Dictionary of American biography., Date of publication supplied by Adams., Library Company copies have manuscript notes in Jefferson's hand.
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date
[1774]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1774 Jef 1982.O.12, Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1774 Jef 991.D.6
