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It is Only a Truce to Regain Power/ "Playing Possum", 1872 (wood engraving)

It is Only a Truce to Regain Power/ "Playing Possum", 1872 (wood engraving)
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It is Only a Truce to Regain Power/ "Playing Possum", 1872 (wood engraving)
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Artist
Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) / American
Location
Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA
Medium
wood engraving
Date
1872 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

Horace Greeley and "C.S." coaxing an African-American to shake hands with "Ku Klux Klan" and "Tammany". Published in Harper's Weekly, August 24, 1872.

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