Title:
The reconstruction policy of Congress, as illustrated in California [graphic]
Date:
[1867?]
Subject:
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Chinese -- California -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Indians of North America -- California -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Political campaigns -- California -- Pictorial works.
Note:
Caricature of gubernatorial candidate George C. Gorham bearing a Black, a Chinese, and an Indian man on his back. Uncle Sam
is at left, and another figure with a monkey stands at right. Each figure makes a statement relating to issues of racial equality,
citizenship, suffrage, and Gorham's views.
George C. Gorham, Union Party candidate for governor of California in 1867, was "...the only one that had the honesty and
at the same time the imprudence to express himself opposed to the anti-Chinese movement, and had in consequence lost many
votes and impaired his future political prospects...." [cf Hittell, Theodore H. History of California. 1897. v.4, p.405.]
Physical Description:
1 print ; 40 x 28 cm
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1953.013--B