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L'Américain Jonathan, filant un mauvais coton / Cham 69.

L'Américain Jonathan, filant un mauvais coton / Cham 69.

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Summary

Print shows a man on the right, identified as Brother Jonathan, facing left, boxing a distaff of cotton held by a rustic looking man sitting on a chair, possibly representing a plantation owner, and an African American man, on the left, standing behind the man holding the distaff, rolling up his shirt sleeves and holding a stick in his right hand.

Illus. from: Actualités, p. 399.

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Date

1800 - 1900
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Contributors

Destouches, active 1853-1869, lithographer
Cham, 1819-1879, artist
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Library of Congress
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