Political Cartoon: The Tables Turned: You sabe him. Kearney must go!

Denis Kearney

Political Cartoon: The Tables Turned: You sabe him. Kearney must go!

1877

Political Cartoon

Online Archive of California features an 1877 political cartoon about Irish immigrant and California labor leader Denis Kearney’s arrest and sentence to the House of Correction. The source depicts Kearney behind bars in a jail cell with prison clothes and a ball and chain. Chinese people stand outside of the cell with seafood, clothing, and cigars. The source includes the caption, “The Tables Turned: You sabe him. Kearney must go!”

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Online Archive of California (Contributor: University of California, Berkeley)

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