RARE 1863 CIVIL WAR CARTOON Abolition of Slavery RACISM

Description: Illustration by John Tenniel, from British Punch magazine, original, not a modern reproduction, pulled from January 24, 1863. Condition: very good -- some age toning & minor offset from page bound in on top otherwise clean; the page has been humidified and flattened for best appearance and for framing; the backside is blank. SCENE FROM THE AMERICAN "TEMPEST." Caliban (Sambo). "You Beat Him 'Nough, Massa! Berry Little Time, I'll Beat Him Too." - Shakespeare. (Nggr Translation.)Keywords: American Civil War, Abolition of Slavery, Sambo, Emancipation Proclamation, Pidgin English, literary references, racial stereotypes, Shakespeare. From Lincoln in Caricature by Rufus Rockwell Wilson --+ The cartoon, by Tenniel, Scene from the American “Tempest,” appeared in Punch, January 24, 1863. News of the emancipation of the slaves by Mr. Lincoln had reached England earlier in the month, and Punch, for once showing good will for the Union cause, depicts the President, clad in the uniform of a Union soldier, handing a copy of his proclamation to a grinning negro, who points to a glowering Confederate in his rear and says: “You beat him nough, massa! Berry little time, I’ll beat him too.” + Approval of Mr. Lincoln’s action by English champions of freedom for all races and conditions of men took other and more impressive forms. The Non-conformists now earnestly espoused the Northern cause, and Spurgeon, then the most popular of their preachers, made the thousands congregated in his Tabernacle pray together: “God bless and strengthen the North; give victory to their arms. Bondage and the lash can claim no sympathy from us.” Richard Cobden, who had seen some striking popular movements in his time, wrote of a great meeting in Exeter Hall: “I know nothing in my political experience as striking,’’ while in March, 1863, John Bright, addressing the trade unions of London in St. James Hall, pointed out with lofty and compelling eloquence the inner and permanent meaning for the common people of England of the contest being waged in America. “I wish you to be true to yourselves,’’ he told his hearers. ‘‘Dynasties may fall, aristocracies may perish, privilege will vanish into the dim past; but you, your children and your children’s children, will remain, and from you the English people will he continued to succeeding generations.” + “You wish for the freedom of your country,” he continued. “You strive for it in many ways. Do not then give the hand of fellowship to the worst foes of freedom that the world has ever seen, and do not, I beseech you, bring down a curse upon your cause which no after-penitence can ever lift from it. You will not do this. I have faith in you. Impartial history will tell that, when your statesmen were hostile or coldly neutral, when many of your rich men were corrupt, when your press— which ought to have instructed and defended—was mainly written to betray, the fate of a continent and its vast population being in peril, you clung to freedom with an unfaltering trust that God in His infinite mercy will yet make it the heritage of all His children.”Over 4,500 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons") -- humor, satire and propaganda; combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. If buying more than one, please use 'Add to Basket' instead of 'Buy now' then hit "send total" so I can adjust the invoice for shipping. WHAT IS PUNCH?Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.Sir John Tenniel (1820 –1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).

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