"Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction and How It Works," a political cartoon by Thomas Nast (1840-1902) showing Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of a slave auction, whites attacking blacks in Memphis and New Orleans, and "Copperhead" and "" snakes wrapped around a black man while Andrew Johnson and others watch. Harper's Weekly, September 1, 1866.

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