Jumbo, Pluto, fl. 1865 Black republican and office-holder's journal. [No. 4 (September 1865)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08463 Author/Creator: Jumbo, Pluto, fl. 1865 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: September 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 28.5 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy
Racist newssheet from New York, handwritten in dialect ridiculing republicanism, reconstruction and the freed slaves. Referring to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies, states "De party must be up and stirring to head off Johnson's reconstruction. De highest price will be paid for new radical lies to be dewoted to dat loyal purpus."
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