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"Pardon. Columbia—'Shall I Trust These Men, [Left page] Franchise. And Not This Man?'" [Right page]

`Pardon. Columbia—`Shall I Trust These Men, [Left page] Franchise. And Not This Man?`` [Right page] Engraving
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Engraving of political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast

Dimensions of engravings and captions: 35.5 cm x 48 cm; dimensions of double page spread and margins: 40.7 cm x 52.5 cm

From Harper's Weekly, 5 August 1865, pages 488-489.


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[ This description is from the project: Who Counts? A Look at Voter Rights through Political Cartoons ]

Only a few months after the Civil War ended, in an August 1865 issue of Harper’s Weekly, Thomas Nast contrasted the petitions for pardons by ex-Confederate politicians and military officers, including Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, with the voting rights for a disabled African American veteran.