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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome photo border surreal outdoor black and white Thomas Nast's cartoon &quot;The Modern Samson,&quot; 1868. Shows the Delilah of &quot;Southern Democracy&quot; (i.e. the southern Democratic party) at right displaying the cut hair of &quot;Suffrage&quot; to the approaching Philistines at left, while a black Samson figure slowly awakes. The caricatures of armed Democratic figures include (from left to right): Wade Hampton III with a torch held high; Nathan Bedford Forrest with a Fort Pillow Medallion; Robert E. Lee squatting; presidential nominee Horatio Seymour with hair shaped into horns, wearing a Ku Klux Klan breastplate, and carrying a flag that promotes slavery, the &quot;lost cause&quot; (the Confederacy), Civil War draft riots of New York City, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Reconstruction race riots in Memphis and New Orleans; wearing another Ku Klux Klan breastplate, current vice presidential nominee Frank Blair; former Confederate Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes; and 23rd New York Governor John Hoffman with a generic Catholic Irish-American under his arm. On the far right, a statue of President Andrew Johnson is likened to a &quot;Moses&quot; of the black Americans holding a tablet labeled &quot;veto&quot; to remind the audience of his recent Reconstruction legislation veto. Under the statue is a snake with horns similar to the hair of the depiction of Seymour, alluding to Satan. Opposite, on the left, a bonfire is depicted in front of them burning the Bible as well as various symbols of knowledge including books, a scroll, and a globe. Thomas Nast's cartoon "The Modern Samson," 1868. Shows the Delilah of "Southern Democracy" (i.e. the southern Democratic party) at right displaying the cut hair of "Suffrage" to the approaching Philistines at left, while a black Samson figure slowly awakes. The caricatures of armed Democratic figures include (from left to right): Wade Hampton III with a torch held high; Nathan Bedford Forrest with a Fort Pillow Medallion; Robert E. Lee squatting; presidential nominee Horatio Seymour with hair shaped into horns, wearing a Ku Klux Klan breastplate, and carrying a flag that promotes slavery, the "lost cause" (the Confederacy), Civil War draft riots of New York City, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Reconstruction race riots in Memphis and New Orleans; wearing another Ku Klux Klan breastplate, current vice presidential nominee Frank Blair; former Confederate Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes; and 23rd New York Governor John Hoffman with a generic Catholic Irish-American under his arm. On the far right, a statue of President Andrew Johnson is likened to a "Moses" of the black Americans holding a tablet labeled "veto" to remind the audience of his recent Reconstruction legislation veto. Under the statue is a snake with horns similar to the hair of the depiction of Seymour, alluding to Satan. Opposite, on the left, a bonfire is depicted in front of them burning the Bible as well as various symbols of knowledge including books, a scroll, and a globe. ModernSamson.jpg en Thomas Nast's cartoon The Modern Samson 1868 Shows the Delilah of Southern Democracy i e the southern Democratic party at right displaying the cut hair of Suffrage to the approaching Philistines at left while a black Samson figure slowly awakes <br> The caricatures of armed Democratic figures include from left to right Wade Hampton III with a torch held high; Nathan Bedford Forrest with a Fort Pillow Medallion; Robert E Lee squatting; presidential nominee Horatio Seymour with hair shaped into horns wearing a Ku Klux Klan breastplate and carrying a flag that promotes slavery the lost cause the Confederacy Civil War draft riots of New York City the Ku Klux Klan and the Reconstruction race riots in Memphis and New Orleans; wearing another Ku Klux Klan breastplate current vice presidential nominee Frank Blair; former Confederate Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes; and 23rd New York Governor John Hoffman with a generic Catholic Irish-American under his arm On the far right a statue of President Andrew Johnson is likened to a Moses of the black Americans holding a tablet labeled veto to remind the audience of his recent Reconstruction legislation veto Under the statue is a snake with horns similar to the hair of the depiction of Seymour alluding to Satan Opposite on the left a bonfire is depicted in front of them burning the Bible as well as various symbols of knowledge including books a scroll and a globe October 3rd 1868 Issue of Harpers Weekly Page 632 Creator Thomas Nast 1868 PD-old-100 1868 cartoons 1860s political cartoons of the United States 1868 in the United States Reconstruction Era Thomas Nast Samson and Delilah Thomas Nast's cartoon "The Modern Samson," 1868. Shows the Delilah of "Southern Democracy" (i.e. the southern Democratic party) at right displaying the cut hair of "Suffrage" to the approaching Philistines at left, while a black Samson figure slowly awakes. The caricatures of armed Democratic figures include (from left to right): Wade Hampton III with a torch held high; Nathan Bedford Forrest with a Fort Pillow Medallion; Robert E. Lee squatting; presidential nominee Horatio Seymour with hair shaped into horns, wearing a Ku Klux Klan breastplate, and carrying a flag that promotes slavery, the "lost cause" (the Confederacy), Civil War draft riots of New York City, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Reconstruction race riots in Memphis and New Orleans; wearing another Ku Klux Klan breastplate, current vice presidential nominee Frank Blair; former Confederate Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes; and 23rd New York Governor John Hoffman with a generic Catholic Irish-American under his arm. On the far right, a statue of President Andrew Johnson is likened to a "Moses" of the black Americans holding a tablet labeled "veto" to remind the audience of his recent Reconstruction legislation veto. Under the statue is a snake with horns similar to the hair of the depiction of Seymour, alluding to Satan. Opposite, on the left, a bonfire is depicted in front of them burning the Bible as well as various symbols of knowledge including books, a scroll, and a globe. | ||||
