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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—RACIST HUMOR.) Puck Magazinge.
Group of 8 pen-and-ink cartoons created for use in Puck Magazine,
by William
Ludlow Sheppard, Frederick Opper, Louis Dalrymple,W. E Kemble, J. S. Pughe, and others,
various sizes from 6x7
3
/
4
inches to 18x20 inches; most signed by the artist, most with edi-
tor’s pencil notes regarding the size of the reproduction when used in the magazine;
various repairable faults but generally in decent condition.
NewYork, principally late 1890s
[1,000/1,500]
Typical of racist humor of the day.The artists represented in this group rank amongst the best
American cartoonists of the day.The vast majority of original artwork for the magazine is now
in institutional hands.
WITH
—
Original pen-and-ink Doodlebug cartoon by Ed Dodd, produced for the United
Feature Syndicate, 14x14 inches; signed lower left; pencil note upper right giving publication
date (22 November 1939).
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—
RECONSTRUCTION.)
Marriage
License and Certificate for Andrew
Jackson and Julia Marlow.
8 x 10
engraved certificate with elaborate bor-
ders; crease where folded.
Louisville, 1872
[500/750]
A scarce example of a Reconstruction period
combination marriage license and marriage cer-
tificate . . . Formal marriage ceremonies under
slavery were generally reserved for house-ser-
vants only. The master might have a white
minister or a black plantation preacher perform
a ceremony. But for many, the rite of marriage
was simply a question of mutual agreement and
more often than not involved children.The offi-
cial licenses of Reconstruction were extremely
important in restoring basic human rights to
tens of thousands of couple who had been living
together as man and wife under the “peculiar
institution” of slavery. Without a legal docu-
ment, the legitimacy of the children of ex-slaves
as well as the right of inheritance was difficult,
if not impossible to prove.
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