Title

"Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty" [Pictorial Envelope]

Photographer

Preview

Photo Description

African-American man with knapsack walking away from a Caucasian man lynched from a tree branch. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. "Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty. We meet the same end of high treason and dangle from the same high tree. Massa Davis, what a figure, you will cut upon dat swing. I'd sooner be the poorest nigger, den the whitest 'cotton king.'" The graphic and text are biased which inspire injustice and fear. Black dialect was also used in depicting black people at that time.

Keywords

United States History; Civil War, 1861-1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; African Americans; Pictorial works; Enslaved people; United States; Pictorial works; Lynching; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Subject

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; African Americans -- Pictorial works; Enslaved people -- United States -- Pictorial works; Lynching; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Date Original

1861-1865

Number of Images

2

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Size Original

3 x 5 1/2 in.

Side of Image

Front of Image

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from no less than 400 dpi tiff images

Date Contributed

7-2020

Identifier

DP0012813_a

Rights

This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.

File Location

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02
The Carol Mundy Collection Finding Aid

Collection

Civil War Collection

Recommended Citation

""Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty" [Pictorial Envelope]" (1861). Civil War Images. 11.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/civilwar-photographs/11