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The queen of industry, or the new south / Th. Nast.

The queen of industry, or the new south / Th. Nast.

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Cover illustration shows a man labeled "King Cotton" leaning against a bale of cotton and stomping on the back of a slave in 1861, textile mills spewing smoke as African Americans pick cotton in 1882, and Columbia working at a spinning machine in the middle.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 26, no. 1308 (1882 January 14), p. 17.

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01/01/1889
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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
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