"The Nigger" in the Woodpile 1860 Probably after Louis Maurer This political caricature uses a hightly offensive racial epithet that was a common colloquialism in 1860, pointing to the casual racism that permiated American culture at that date. The image shows a Black man imprisoned in a kind of wooden jail to comment on Abraham Lincoln's indeciveness towards slavery when he first ran for the "The Nigger" in the Woodpile. Probably after Louis Maurer (American (born Germany), Biebrich 1832–1932 New York). 1860. Lithograph. Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907). Abra
"The Nigger" in the Woodpile 1860 Probably after Louis Maurer This political caricature uses a hightly offensive racial epithet that was a common colloquialism in 1860, pointing to the casual racism that permiated American culture at that date. The image shows a Black man imprisoned in a kind of wooden jail to comment on Abraham Lincoln's indeciveness towards slavery when he first ran for the "The Nigger" in the Woodpile. Probably after Louis Maurer (American (born Germany), Biebrich 1832–1932 New York). 1860. Lithograph. Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907). Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, ). Prints
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