Political Cartoon: What Shall We Do with John Chinaman?
Subject
Chinese Exclusion Act
Title
Political Cartoon: What Shall We Do with John Chinaman?
Date
09/25/1869
Type
Political Cartoon
Description
Note: This cartoon contains racial depictions and content that some viewers may find insensitive.
This Library of Congress source features a political cartoon, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper on September 25, 1869, that shows two frames with caricatures of a White man and a Chinese man with the caption “What shall we do with the Chinamen?” The cartoon portrays a white man directing the Chinese man to the American South. There is a sign that reads “Cheap labor wanted in the cotton fields South.”
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This Library of Congress source features a political cartoon, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper on September 25, 1869, that shows two frames with caricatures of a White man and a Chinese man with the caption “What shall we do with the Chinamen?” The cartoon portrays a white man directing the Chinese man to the American South. There is a sign that reads “Cheap labor wanted in the cotton fields South.”
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Publisher
Library of Congress
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“Political Cartoon: What Shall We Do with John Chinaman?,” Project Reconstruction, accessed April 25, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/303.