Political Cartoon: Elation of the "heathen Chinee" over a recent event in San Francisco [caricature of a Chinese man pointing and laughing at Denis Kearney in San Francisco jail]

Denis Kearney

Political Cartoon: Elation of the "heathen Chinee" over a recent event in San Francisco [caricature of a Chinese man pointing and laughing at Denis Kearney in San Francisco jail]

1880

Political Cartoon

The Library of Congress features an black and white political cartoon (1880) of Irish immigrant and leader of the California Workingmen's Party, Denis Kearney, in jail. The artist depicts Kearney slumped on a stool behind bars in a jail cell. A caricature of a Chinese man points and laughs at Kearney from outside of the cell. Above Kearney's cell is a sign that reads “San Fran Jail. D. Kearney Six Months.”

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