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"Southern Chivalry: Argument Versus Club's" Cartoon by John L. Magee. ...
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"Southern Chivalry: Argument Versus Club's" Cartoon by John L. Magee. 17.25" x 14", [Philadelphia], circa 1856. A medium lithograph featuring Congressman Preston Brooks's savage beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor on May 22, 1856. Two days previously, Sumner had given an impassioned speech, "The Crime Against Kansas," where he condemned Brooks's cousin, Senator Andrew Butler, who he believed was complicit in the violence erupting in Kansas. It took three years of convalescence before Sumner could return to the Senate, but he never fully recovered from the event. The public's response to the beating was divided along party lines and proved how deep the division between the North and South was. Brooks was briefly forced to resign his seat but was almost immediately reelected by his district. Magee's cartoon illustrated the North's opinion about the so-called "chivalry" of the South.Condition: Uniformly sunned. Light scattered soiling. Slightly creased across top edge. Pencil notation on verso.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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