The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . way forthe Peculiar Institution. The fence in question is theMason and Dixons line. The faces of Cass, Douglas, andPierce, who are drawing along the monster, are obliterated—they are absolutely formless. The evils of slavery from a Northern point of view areshown in a cartoon called No Higher Law. King Slaveryis seated on his throne holding aloft a lash and a his left elbow is the Fugitive Slave Bill, resting onthree human skulls. Daniel Webster stands beside thethrone, holding in his hand the scroll on which is printed, Ipropos
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . way forthe Peculiar Institution. The fence in question is theMason and Dixons line. The faces of Cass, Douglas, andPierce, who are drawing along the monster, are obliterated—they are absolutely formless. The evils of slavery from a Northern point of view areshown in a cartoon called No Higher Law. King Slaveryis seated on his throne holding aloft a lash and a his left elbow is the Fugitive Slave Bill, resting onthree human skulls. Daniel Webster stands beside thethrone, holding in his hand the scroll on which is printed, Ipropose to support that bill to the fullest extent—to thefullest extent. A runaway slave is fighting off the blood-hounds that are worrying him, and in the distance, on a hill,the figure of Liberty is toppling from her pedestal. The cartoon Practical Illustration of the Fugitive SlaveLaw sums up very completely Abolitionist sentiment on thesubject. The slaveholder, with a noose in one hand and achain in the other, a cigar in his mouth and his top-hat. <c SQ~) ef sr 1 ^\ Q_ o) #S. | T58 CENTURY IN CARICATURE
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