"Pardon/Franchise: Shall I trust these men, and not this man?" This centerfold print shows Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness (at left) when a Black Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote (at right). Thomas Nast, (1840-1902), Harper's, 1865.

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