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A
Consistent Negrophobist |
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Drowning
Gentleman. "Take that Rope away, you darned Nigger!
What decent White Man, do you suppose, is going to allow himself to
be saved by a confounded Nig----"
(Goes down, consistent to the last.) |
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This cartoon was published during the
controversy over using black troops in the Union
armed forces. In July 1862 Congress authorized the
use of black men in the Union military, but racial
prejudice in the North stirred considerable
opposition. The black servicemen were segregated
from whites, served under white commanders, and
were initially paid less than their white
counterparts of equal rank. (The U.S. armed forces
were not desegregated until the 1950s.) Almost
200,000 black men served as soldiers, sailors, or
laborers for the Union forces during the Civil
War. |
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