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African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table

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Image ID

812455


Item data

Title

African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Cartoons

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1863-01-10

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-Car

Subjects

African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights -- 1860-1869
African Americans -- Men -- 1860-1869
Men -- United States -- 1860-1869
Slaves--Emancipation--United States

Genres

Cartoons (Commentary)

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Pompey. "What day ob de month id dis, Massa?" "Master. "Twenty-sixth December. Why?" "Pompey. "Oh! Cause you knows Massa LINKUM he gib us our Papers on de First January. God bless um ; and now I wants to say as how you allus was a good Massa, and so I'll gib you a Mont's Notice to git anudder Boy. Niggers is powerful cheap now, Massa!"
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 14 x 12 cm. (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17625804
Barcode: 33333159328745
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a19a3c20-c52e-012f-e3d7-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1863-01-10

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a19a3c20-c52e-012f-e3d7-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1863). African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a19a3c20-c52e-012f-e3d7-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a19a3c20-c52e-012f-e3d7-58d385a7bc34

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