Reconstruction Political Cartoons

By: Jaycee Miller

Joshua QuinonesHassan Syed

“Emancipation”

“Emancipation”

• Description: Throughout most of this picture shows the cruelties of slavery, then in the middle of the picture it shows African Americans dressed nicely, and having luxuries and amenities like any other regular family.

• Author: Was most likely for Emancipation.

Northern Coat of Arms

Northern Coat of Arms

• Description: African American legs with a hat on that says “Liberty”.

• Author: Was most likely an abolitionist.

A Man Knows A Man

A Man Knows A Man

• Description: An African American man and a white man have both lost their legs in the civil shaking hands and saying “ we may have lost our legs but thank god we did not lose our hearts”.

• Author: Probably for Racial Equality

Freedman’s Bureau

Freedman’s Bureau

• Description: An African American man standing outside a Freedman’s Bureau savings bank, it was shutdown in 1873.

• Author: Most likely thought Emancipation wasn’t enough.

The First Vote

The First Vote

• Description: A line of African Americans to Vote.

• Probably was in favor of the 15th, 14th, and 13th amendments

Racial Hatred

Racial Hatred

• Description: This people are probably in the KKK the author uses it to express the problem of racial hatred

• Author: Probably resented the KKK