Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hiester Clymer, American, 1827 - 1884
- Description
- A satirical illustrated card about the Civil Rights Act of 1866, titled "Civil Rights! Miscegenation Allowed by Congress, Despite the Veto of the President".
- The illustration shows a white bride and a caricatured Black groom appearing before a minister. The groom says "Massa, you must marry us. De law says so." The minister sighs "Marriage is a contract. I must do this or be fined." Text below the illustration reads [The President vetoed the Bill in order to protect the White Man. / Congress passed it over his head to benefit the Negro.] and continues to mention three Pennsylvania state politicians who were running for office as Republicans in the 1866 election: Geary, Forney, and Cameron as being in favor of the bill. The reverse of the card continues the racist textual attack against the Civil Rights Act, beginning with the admonishment [READ THE BILL! READ THE VETO!].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1866
- Object number
- 2020.26.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- ink on wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (6.5 × 9.2 cm)
- Place made
- Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Caricature and cartoons
- Civil Rights
- Law
- Politics
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- White supremacy movements
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2020.26.39
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd550770c9a-9765-4351-9ff2-f314d2985e7b
