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Punch [Overseers with a Black child]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1219 Author/Creator: Punch Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1848 Pagination: 1 print ; b&w Order a Copy

One print of Abraham Lincoln for the magazine, Punch. Reverse side contains print of a male and female overseer with a Black enslaved child. The child's face is not shown but does appear to be pleading to the man. The woman is wearing stripes with a whip in one hand and raising her other fist. The man wears a shirt with stars. Standing together they appear like the American flag.

Punch (magazine)

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