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Reconstruction Era Political Cartoon, Voting, Thomas Nast

Death at the polls, and free from federal interference." A skeleton holding a shotgun at the polls to prevent Black Americans from voting in the post-Civil-War Reconstruction Era. Thomas Nast (1840-1902), Harper's Weekly, 1879. At right is the question: "Is a government of the people, for the people, and by the people, to be shot to death?.

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Reconstruction Era Political Cartoon, Voting, Thomas Nast

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Death at the polls, and free from federal interference." A skeleton holding a shotgun at the polls to prevent Black Americans from voting in the post-Civil-War Reconstruction Era. Thomas Nast (1840-1902), Harper's Weekly, 1879. At right is the question: "Is a government of the people, for the people, and by the people, to be shot to death?

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Album / Science Source / Library of Congress

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2357 x 2788 px | 18.8 MB

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20.0 x 23.6 cm | 7.9 x 9.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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