Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction and How it works.

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction and How it works.

Andrew Johnson
Political Cartoon
Thomas Nast

Cartoon showing Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of slave auction, whites attacking African Americans in Memphis and New Orleans, and "Copperhead" and "C.S.A." snakes wrapped around African American man while Andrew Johnson and others watch. This represents Nast critiquing Johnson's Reconstruction plans.

Thomas Nast. Library of Congress.

September 1, 1866.

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