Image
Worse Than Slavery
Reconstruction political cartoon. Wood engraving by Thomas Nast, circa 1874.
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
![Man "White League" shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-05/1874_WorseThanSlavery1874_FH140921.jpg?itok=zeOfN-DC)
Credit:
Wood engraving by Thomas Nast (1876), The Newberry Digital Collection
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