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Bumm, Harry, fl. 1862-1863 Democratic creed!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07240 Author/Creator: Bumm, Harry, fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: circa 1862-1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 74.8 cm, Width: 116 cm Order a Copy

National Union illustrated election broadside. "Democratic Creed! Love Creed! Love for Civilization and Niggers!... Worship of Southern aristocracy! Sneer for Northern Mechanics." An anti-slavery and anti-Democrat broadside for National Union candidate Harry Bumm. Appeals to the working class. Indirectly refers to the competition for jobs by free black labor in the North. The broadside quotes a supposed letter from Bumm's opponent for Philadelphia city treasurer, John Brodhead, to Jefferson Davis. Brohead is said to have Southern sympathies and favor the institution of slavery over having a free working class. Sheet two features an uncomplimentary engraving of a southern plantation. Sheet three has an engraving of a group of well dressed people going on the American Mechanics excursion to Atlantic City.

Bumm, Harry, fl. 1862-1863

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