[Columbia and an English Peddler: Cartoon on the Cotton Shortage]
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A single-page wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1861, a political cartoon about cotton and the American Civil War. Columbia, the female personification of the United States, tells an English peddler named Jons Bras that she has no cotton for him. He answers that he is more concerned about selling small articles to feed his starving children. The image alludes to British dependence on American cotton during the Union blockade of Southern ports.
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- Other
- Date
- 1861
- Language
- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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