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Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | Cuba Central America United States Kansas |
| Description | The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democratic Platform" and is restrained by two Lilliputian figures, presidential nominee James Buchanan and Democratic senator Lewis Cass. Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and president Franklin Pierce, also shown as tiny figures, force a black man into the giant's gaping mouth. The freesoiler's head rests on a platform marked "Kansas," "Cuba," and "Central America," probably referring to Democratic ambitions for the extension of slavery. In the background left is a scene of burning and pillage; on the right a dead man hangs from a tree. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Cartoon Prints, American |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Buchanan, James,--1791-1868. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Slavery--United States--1850-1860. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Presidential elections--United States--1850-1860. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Douglas, Stephen A.--(Stephen Arnold),--1813-1861. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Abolition movement--Kansas--1850-1860. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Kansas--History--1854-1861. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Central America--1850-1860. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pierce, Franklin,--1804-1869. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cuba--1850-1860. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
