African American man talking to a caucasian man sitting at a table
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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
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
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Type Of Resource
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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