Political Cartoon: The Cruel Uncle and the Vetoed Babes in the Wood

Johnson's Presidency (1865 to mid-1867 before impeachment)

Political Cartoon: The Cruel Uncle and the Vetoed Babes in the Wood

05/12/1866

Political Cartoon

The Library of Congress presents an 1866 political cartoon, featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, that depicts President Andrew Johnson holding the hands of a white child labeled "Civil Rights" and a black child labeled "Bureau" while guiding them out of a forest labelled "Veto Wood."

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