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The Union as it was: The lost cause, worse than slavery

Thomas Nast cartoon: a man labeled White League and a hooded man labeled K.K.K. shake hands over a shield showing a Black couple kneeling with a child, a hanged man and a burning schoolhouse behind them.
Made by
Thomas Nast
Date
1874
Held by
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Catalog number
LC-USZ62-128619; Illus. in AP2.H32 1874 (Case Y)
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Credit line
Thomas Nast, The Union as it was, Harper's Weekly, 1874. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-128619.
Catalog record
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Thomas Nast cartoon: a man labeled White League and a hooded man labeled K.K.K. shake hands over a shield showing a Black couple kneeling with a child, a hanged man and a burning schoolhouse behind them.

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