Historical Broadside: Ten White Men and Two Negroes Who Defrauded the American People Out of Their Choice for President in 1876
Subject
Contested Election of 1876
Title
Historical Broadside: Ten White Men and Two Negroes Who Defrauded the American People Out of Their Choice for President in 1876
Date
05/19/1884
Type
Historical Broadside
Description
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The Library of Congress features a historical broadside created by the New York Advance Publishing Co. and published on May 19, 1884, which shows portraits of ten White men and two Black men who were thought to be involved in the controversial decision regarding the presidential election of 1876. The men depicted include: S.M. Kenner, G. Casenave, T.C. Anderson, J. Madison Well, J.A. Garfield, J.P. Bradley, O.P. Morton, W. Strong, G.F. Edmunds, S.F. Miller, F.T. Frelinghuysen, and G.F. Hoar. Rifles bundled together appear on the sides with the portraits. Columns of text flank the central portraits under the headings "Crimes Rewarded and the Civil Service Degraded" and "Appealing for Justice to the Commission in 1877."
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The Library of Congress features a historical broadside created by the New York Advance Publishing Co. and published on May 19, 1884, which shows portraits of ten White men and two Black men who were thought to be involved in the controversial decision regarding the presidential election of 1876. The men depicted include: S.M. Kenner, G. Casenave, T.C. Anderson, J. Madison Well, J.A. Garfield, J.P. Bradley, O.P. Morton, W. Strong, G.F. Edmunds, S.F. Miller, F.T. Frelinghuysen, and G.F. Hoar. Rifles bundled together appear on the sides with the portraits. Columns of text flank the central portraits under the headings "Crimes Rewarded and the Civil Service Degraded" and "Appealing for Justice to the Commission in 1877."
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Publisher
The Library of Congress
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“Historical Broadside: Ten White Men and Two Negroes Who Defrauded the American People Out of Their Choice for President in 1876,” Project Reconstruction, accessed April 29, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/8.