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Title	Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction
Description	Cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of a slave auction, whites attacking African Americans in Memphis and New Orleans, and "Copperhead" and "C.S.A." snakes wrapped around African American man while Andrew Johnson and others look on.
Historical Note	Johnson served as Governor of Tennessee and in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly and Congress. He became President with the assassination of Lincoln and was impeached in 1868. This wood engraving first appeared in the September 1, 1866 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Subjects - TGM	Presidents; Racism; Political cartoons
Subjects - LCSH	Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875; African Americans - Civil rights; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Date	1866
Creator	Nast, Thomas (1840-1902)
Collection Name	Library Photograph Collection
Negative Number	5558
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	2237
Digital Type	IMAGE
Digital Format	TIFF
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