Thomas Nast

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"Move on!" Has the Native American no Rights that the Naturalized American is Bound to Respect?

Wood engraving, 1871.
Image size 9 1/8 x 13 3/4" (23.1 x 34.8 cm).
Good condition, some soiling and spotting in the upper margin. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 92234
Price: $75.00
Publisher : Published by Harper's Weekly. April 22, 1871. This political cartoon draws into question the voting laws in America. A Native American, who was born, raised and has a longer ancestry in the land that is the United States, is being turned away from the polls, while blacks and immigrants are being allowed to cast a ballot (including the Irish, who faced great animosity at this point in American history because of their Catholic beliefs). In the background soldiers can be seen carefully watching an Indian settlement further in the distance.

Native Americans weren't granted citizenship, or the right to vote, until 1924, but varying state laws prevented many from voting until 1957. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical

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