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    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

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    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

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