Political Cartoon: Mending the Family Kettle

Political Cartoon: Mending the Family Kettle

1866

Political Cartoon

The Library of Congress features a political cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson holding a kettle with a leak. The words "The Reconstructed South" are inscribed on the kettle. A White woman carrying a young child holding the American flag looks at the kettle. The child's clothes has the words, "Constitutional Amendment" written across its clothing.


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