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“Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum”

Topic:
Reconstruction Era
Source:
Harper’s Weekly
Date:
March 30, 1867, pp. 200-201
 
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Horace Greeley’s second “bit part” in a major Nast satire occurred in “Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum” (March 30, 1867), and is evidence of the two men’s shared political sentiment at the time.  The image is a harsh criticism of what the cartoonist believed was President Andrew Johnson’s ultimate responsibility for the New Orleans riot of the previous summer.  On July 30, 1866, New Orleans city police and former Confederates had clashed with white delegates to a state constitutional convention and their black supporters during the early phase of Reconstruction.  The melee left 34 blacks and three white Republicans dead.  This cartoon was probably completed months before its publication and held to coincide with the release of a congressional report on the riot.

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